The Effects of European Economic Integration on the Profitability of Industries /

This paper examines the effects of intensified international competition on industry profits in six European Union (EU) countries. The paper uses two methods to estimate industry profits. The traditional method uses accounting data to obtain a measure of gross price-average cost margins. The second...

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Autor principal: Hakura, Dalia
Formato: Revista
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Colección:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1998/085
Acceso en línea:Full text available on IMF
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