Euro Area Export Performance and Competitiveness /

Concerns about export growth within the euro area peripheral countries due to a lack of competitiveness within the euro area are a key policy issue. Our analysis suggests that: (i) Long-term price elasticities for intra-euro area exports are at least double those for extra-euro area exports, so trad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Turunen, Jarkko
Other Authors: Bayoumi, Tamim, Harmsen, Richard
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/140
Online Access:Full text available on IMF