Since unification, the debate about Germany's poor economic performance has focused on
supply-side weaknesses, and the associated reform agenda sought to make low-skill labour …

Concerns about export growth within the euro area peripheral countries due to a lack of
competitiveness within the euro area are a key policy issue. Our analysis suggests that:(i) …

Sažetak This paper aims to provide analysis on the determinants of export performance on
the extensive data-set of the 27 European Union member states' total manufacturing and …

Since the mid‐2000s standard price‐competitiveness indicators for euro‐area countries
have recently provided conflicting signals, particularly in Italy. The manufacturing unit labor …

This study examines the marginal effects of traditional determinants of exports and imports
with a focus on the role of price competitiveness in restoring external balances in the euro …

Germany's nominal exchange rate has remained weaker because it is linked to weaker
eurozone economies. Germany's real exchange rate also depreciated vis-à-vis eurozone …

Since the early 2000s German net exports have grown persistently, generating huge current
account surpluses. These surpluses have added to current account imbalances within and …

Italy's recent upward trend in the real effective exchange rate (REER) combined with a
remarkable decreasing market share has instigated a lively economic debate on the …

High technology exporter countries can increase their export volume and value more easily
than the countries exporting primary goods because of high income elasticity in …

The analysis of a country's competitiveness is of great interest to policy makers. Measuring
the competitiveness of a country generally requires an assessment of the overall dynamism …