Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32785 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 10-023
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
We know that euro-area member countries have absorbed asymmetric shocks in ways that are inconsistent with a common nominal anchor. Based on a reformulation of the gravity model that allows for such bilateral misalignment, we disentangle the conventional trade cost channel and trade effects deriving from 'implicit currency misalignment'. Econometric estimation reveals that the currency misalignment channel exerts a significant trade effect on bilateral exports. We retrieve country specific estimates of the euro effect on trade based on misalignment. This reveals asymmetric trade effects and heterogeneous outlooks across countries for the costs and benefits from adopting the euro.
Subjects: 
Euro
gravity model
exchange rates
purchasing power parity
trade imbalances
JEL: 
F12
F13
F15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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