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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788228203321

Autore

Henn Christian

Titolo

One Money, One Market—A Revised Benchmark / / Christian Henn, Theo Eicher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-8300-9

1-4527-5006-8

1-4518-7333-6

9786612843969

1-282-84396-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

EicherTheo

Disciplina

332.4566094

Soggetti

Monetary unions

Tariff

Free trade

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Trade Policy

International Trade Organizations

Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

International economics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Plurilateral trade

Exchange rates

Multilateral trade

International trade

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"September 2009."

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Data; III. Empirical Implementation of the Gravity Model; IV. Multilateral Resistance and the Trade Effects of



Currency Unions; V. Benchmark CU Trade Effects addressing Multilateral Resistance and Unobserved Bilateral Heterogeneity; VI. Sensitivity Analysis; VII. Conclusion; Tables; 1. Trade Effects of Currency Unions; 2. Sensitivity Analysis: Average Currency Union Effects on Trade; 3. Sensitivity Analysis: Trade Effects of Individual Currency Unions; Appendix Table; A1. Countries in Sample; A2. Membership and Observations for Currency Unions and Boards

A3. Membership in Preferential Trade AgreementsA4. Bilateral Preferential Trade Agreements; References

Sommario/riassunto

The introduction of the euro generated substantial interest in measuring the impact of currency unions (CUs) on trade flows. Rose's (2000) initial estimates suggested a tripling of trade and created a literature in search of "more reasonable" CU effects. A recent meta-analysis of this literature shows that subsequent papers quantify CU trade impacts at 30-90 percent. However, most recent studies use shorter time series and fewer countries than Rose in his original work. We revisit Rose's original benchmark, extend the dataset, and address Baldwin's (2006) critiques regarding the proper specification of gravity models in large panels by simultaneously accounting for multilateral resistance and unobserved bilateral heterogeneity. This produces a robust average CU trade effect of 45 percent. Yet, the trade impacts of individual CUs vary substantially and are generally lower than those of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Our revised benchmark can be used as a yardstick for future studies to delineate how estimates differ due to new data or differences in econometric specifications.