Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/153352 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 918
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
The paper analyses the impact of import penetration on firms’ profitability in 15 manufacturing industries in 10 euro area countries during 1995-2004, focusing on the role of emerging market economies. Our results indicate that import competition from emerging market economies has had an overall negative impact on companies’ profitability in the euro area manufacturing sector, especially for imports coming from China and Russia. However, similar negative effects are also estimated for imports from the United States. In contrast, imports from Latin America are estimated to be positively correlated with profitability. Finally, we find asymmetric effects on profitability across euro area countries and sectors.
Subjects: 
emerging markets
euro area
Globalisation
import penetration
Profitability
JEL: 
L11
L13
F12
C23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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