France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain — Competitiveness in the Southern Euro Area: IMF Country Report 08/145; March 27, 2008.
March 27, 2008
... developments in the external competitiveness of five ... Spain (hereafter five southern euro area countries or ... of the EU and euro area, these countries ...
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Competitiveness in the Southern Euro Area: France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain; Herman Bennett, Julio Escolano, Stefania Fabrizio, Eva Gutiérrez, Iryna Ivaschenko, Bogdan Lissovolik, Marialuz Moreno-Badia, Werner Schule, Stephen Tokarick, Yuan Xiao, and Ziga Zarnic; IMF Working Paper 08/112; April 1, 2008
May 01, 2008
... developments in the external competitiveness of five ... Spain (hereafter five southern euro area countries or ... of the EU and euro area, these countries ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2008/wp08112.pdf - 845k - PDF

Current Account Imbalances in the Southern Euro Area; Florence Jaumotte and Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon; IMF Working Paper 10/139; June 1, 2010
June 01, 2010
... by Spanish companies in dynamic areas of the ... Yuan Xiao, and Ziga Zarnic, 2008, “Competitiveness in the Southern Euro Area: France, Greece ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2010/wp10139.pdf - 1268k - PDF
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Trends in Italy's Nonprice Competitiveness; Bogdan Lissovolik; IMF Working Paper 08/124; May 1, 2008
May 01, 2008
... on competitiveness in the Southern euro area five (SEA-5 ... conclusion is that Italy's competitiveness has recently ... though in other areas Italy's external ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2008/wp08124.pdf - 476k - PDF
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Lifting Euro Area Growth: Priorities for Structural Reforms and Governance; by Céline Allard and Luc Everaert with Anthony Annett, Ajai Chopra, Julio Escolano, Daniel Hardy, Martin Mühleisen, and Boriana Yontcheva; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/10/19; November 22, 2010.
November 22, 2010
... countries, most notably in southern euro area, will need to ... reforms to sustain competitiveness less compelling. ... would allow a euro area approach to ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/spn/2010/spn1019.pdf - 741k - PDF

Fostering Growth in Europe Now; by Bergljot Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, Rodrigo Valdés, and a staff team; IMF Staff Discussion Note 12/07; June 18, 2012
June 18, 2012
... In the Southern euro area, structural policies need to ... production and help to regain competitiveness. ... ultimately make the euro area more resilient to ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2012/sdn1207.pdf - 1055k - PDF

Portugal: 2008 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement, Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Portugal; IMF Country Report 08/323; September 5, 2008
September 05, 2008
... The areas for enhancing th FGD would also be ... Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – Competitiveness in the Southern Euro Area,” (Country Report ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2008/cr08323.pdf - 1285k - PDF
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Microsoft Word - DMSDR1S-#4996768-v3-Working_Paper_-_External_Imbalances_in_the_Euro_Area.DOCX
September 28, 2012
... studies have found that some Southern European countries' exports lost competitiveness vis-à ... the evolution of intra-euro area trade (Rose ...
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Euro Area Policies: 2011 Article IV Consultation Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Member Countries; IMF Country Report 11/184; July 1, 2011
July 18, 2011
... keeping national sovereignty in these areas mostly intact. ... to reduce labor costs and improve competitiveness. ... Figure 3. Euro Area: Deficit and Debt ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2011/cr11184.pdf - 1749k - PDF
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Euro Area Policies: 2010 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Member Countries; IMF Country Report 10/221; July 1, 2010
July 21, 2010
... the current account of Southern European countries by ... countries for which price competitiveness is key ... oriented structural reforms in the euro area. ...
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr10221.pdf - 2552k - PDF
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