Friends Without Benefits?: New EMU Members and the “Euro Effect” on Trade

Robert Zymek; Alina Mika

Friends Without Benefits? New EMU Members and the “Euro Effect” on Trade

Robert Zymek, Alina Mika

School of Economics

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

Increased trade integration is considered one of the economic benefits of joining European Monetary Union (EMU). The analysis of trade effects of currency unions peaked around the time of the introduction of the euro in the early 2000s. For this reason, we re-visited the evidence on the effect of the euro on trade, focusing on countries which joined the currency area in recent years. While there may an array of benefits stemming from Eurozone membership, our findings suggest that Eurozone accession is not likely to bring about a significant trade boost.

Original language	English
Type	ESE Focus Paper
Publisher	Edinburgh School of Economics Focus Paper Series
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016

Publication series

Name	ESE Focus Papers
No.	18

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

euro
trade
gravity
poisson

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Friends without benefits? New EMU members and the “Euro Effect” on trade
Mika, A. & Zymek, R., May 2018, In: Journal of International Money and Finance. 83, p. 75-92
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Friends without benefits? New EMU members and the “Euro Effect” on trade
Mika, A. & Zymek, R., Feb 2016, Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series, 23 p. (ESE Discussion Papers; no. 269).
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