One Money, One Market—A Revised Benchmark

September 1, 2009

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Christian Henn, and Theo S. Eicher One Money, One Market—A Revised Benchmark, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed September 19, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

The introduction of the euro generated substantial interest in measuring the impact of currency unions (CUs) on trade flows. Rose's (2000) initial estimates suggested a tripling of trade and created a literature in search of "more reasonable" CU effects. A recent meta-analysis of this literature shows that subsequent papers quantify CU trade impacts at 30-90 percent. However, most recent studies use shorter time series and fewer countries than Rose in his original work. We revisit Rose's original benchmark, extend the dataset, and address Baldwin's (2006) critiques regarding the proper specification of gravity models in large panels by simultaneously accounting for multilateral resistance and unobserved bilateral heterogeneity. This produces a robust average CU trade effect of 45 percent. Yet, the trade impacts of individual CUs vary substantially and are generally lower than those of preferential trade agreements (PTAs). Our revised benchmark can be used as a yardstick for future studies to delineate how estimates differ due to new data or differences in econometric specifications.

Subject: Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Monetary unions, Multilateral trade, Plurilateral trade

Keywords: CU coefficient estimate, CU effect, CU literature, Trade effect, WP

Publication Details

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23
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Working Paper No. 2009/186
Stock No:

WPIEA2009186
ISBN:

9781451873337
ISSN:

1018-5941

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