Factory Europe? Brainier but Not Brawnier

While intermediates comprise the majority of total goods trade in the European Union (EU), their share of total trade has remained flat since 1996. This implies that EU enlargement has had a limited effect on the size of Factory Europe. However, en...

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Main Authors:	Behar, Alberto, Freund, Caroline
Format:	Background Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	TARIFFS GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION TRADE VOLUMES TRANSPORT SECTOR CUSTOMS UNION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION TARIFF RATES PRODUCTION SUNK COSTS AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY BARRIER MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS INCOME INTEREST VEHICLES GDP PER CAPITA CONSUMER GOODS EXPORTS TREND TRADE FLOWS EXPORTERS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WELFARE ECONOMIC POLICY NEW PRODUCTS FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS INPUTS NET EXPORTER RETURNS TO SCALE FREE TRADE CAR INDUSTRY TRENDS TRADE AGREEMENTS FINAL GOODS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS LEGAL SYSTEMS IMPORT DATA INFLUENCE TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY ROAD GLOBAL ECONOMY COSTS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT NEW PRODUCT REGIONAL TRADE CUSTOMS SPECIALIZATION PRODUCTIVITY INCREASING RETURNS TARIFF REDUCTIONS ACCESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS IMPORTS TRADE POLICY TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT BASKET OF GOODS INVENTORIES LEGAL FRAMEWORK INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY TRADE MARKET ECONOMY PATTERN OF TRADE BORDER TRADE CONSUMPTION PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE DRIVING VALUE ADDED TRADE BALANCES TRAVEL TRANSIT WAGES INTERNATIONAL TRADE REGIONALISM ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS BARRIERS TRADE COSTS CARS REPUTATION VALUE COMPETITIVENESS WORLD ECONOMY TRADE DEFICIT WORKING CAPITAL INTERMEDIATE GOODS AGRICULTURE CONSUMERS MEASUREMENT SHARES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS TRANSACTION COSTS TRADE DEFICITS BENCHMARK TARIFF LEVELS AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR CAR SALES OUTPUT REGRESSION ANALYSIS CAPITAL GOODS CAR ROAD VEHICLES TRADE BILATERAL IMPORTS GDP TRADE PARTNERS GOODS THEORY BILATERAL TRADE VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION CUSTOMS UNIONS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE SHARE PREFERENTIAL TRADE TARIFF HIGH TRANSPORT EXPORT BASKET MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION WORLD TRADE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TOTAL OUTPUT CUSTOMERS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS TRANSPORT COSTS ECONOMICS RESEARCH ROAD TRANSPORT SOURCING OUTSOURCING COMPETITION
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Factory Europe? Brainier but Not Brawnier

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