Recent French relative export performance: Is there a competitiveness problem?

Kabundi, Alain; Simone, Francisco Nadal De

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2012.02.017

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“…The commodity agglomeration of Russian imports showed a stable Germany leadership position, which dominates France [11], although France is trying to increase its trade advantages by crushing saturated commodity clusters. In the segment of non-economic relations, in the context of prolonged sanctions pressure [12] and reducing the efficiency of Russian foreign economic activity, France can replace the following commodity clusters: nuclear reactors, boilers, equipment and mechanical devices, their parts [13,14]; means of land transport, except for railway or tram rolling stock, and their parts and accessories; pharmaceutical products.…”

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The analysis of trade relations of Russia with Germany and France

Smirnov¹,

Семенов²,

Kadyshev³

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the International Scientific-Practical Conference “Business Cooperation as a Resource of Sustainable Economic De

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subject of the study is the trade relations between Russia and Germany and France in the conditions of sluggish global recession and long-term sanctions pressure on the Russian economy. The purpose of the study was to identify commodity clusters that ensure the stability of commodity relations. The source of the estimated statistical indicators is the information of the Federal customs service of the Russian Federation, and the method is the cluster analysis of the commodity agglomeration for export and import. The study identified the optimal clusters of commodity relations between Russia, Germany and France. It is shown that the trade turnover between Russia and Germany in the commodity cluster "Mineral fuel, oil and their distillation products; bituminous substances; mineral waxes" is a fundamental factor in the formation of trade relations for the EU countries. France, as a member of the European Union, will adhere to the structure of trade turnover in Germany, including through the fragmentation of saturated commodity clusters. In the context of increasing US sanctions pressure, Russia will ensure its existence in its traditional role as a "raw materials appendix" to the European Union, keeping trade relations with Germany.

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The analysis of trade relations of Russia with Germany and France

Smirnov¹,

Семенов²,

Kadyshev³

et al. 2019

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“…By the end of 2007, Germany had largely restored its cost competitiveness to preunification levels, while France still benefited from a net advantage compared to the situation in 1991. negative shocks to unit labour costs in manufacturing not via adjusting prices and wages, as Germany does, but rather by adjusting employment. Kabundi and Nadal De Simone (2012) argue that structural reforms on the labour and product markets would give the necessary flexibility to the French economy to cope with such negative shocks.…”

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Exports and Property Prices in France: Are They Connected?

Égert

Kierzenkowski

2013

World Economy

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical research pointed out that weak export performance was due to i) vigorous domestic demand; ii) lower mark-ups due to head-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price competitiveness of French export goods; iv) offshoring of entire production processes (especially in the automobile sector); and v) difficulties of French manufacturing firms to reach critical size for exporting. This paper adds an additional explanation to this list. We argue that resource reallocation from the exporting to the construction sector triggered by fast rising property prices hindered France to meet world export demand vis-à-vis its products. Our econometric analysis shows that the resource reallocation argument helps explain French export performance between the early 2000s and 2007, unexplained by traditional models. This result is confirmed for a set of OECD countries that experienced a marked decline in their export performance and sustained real-estate boom after 2000. Terms of use: Documents inJEL-Code: F10, F14, O14, O52.

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Recent French relative export performance: Is there a competitiveness problem?

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The analysis of trade relations of Russia with Germany and France

The analysis of trade relations of Russia with Germany and France

Exports and Property Prices in France: Are They Connected?

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