Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP4259
Authors: Henry Overman; L. Alan Winters
Abstract: This Paper examines how the geography of UK international trade has changed since the UK?s accession to the European Economic Community using a newly constructed dataset that gives a detailed breakdown of the UK?s imports and exports by both port of entry and exit, and commodity. Our results suggest that between 1970 and 1992 overall imports and exports re-orientated in favour of ports located nearer to the continent. The vast majority of individual commodities also saw a similar re-orientation.
Keywords: Economic Geography; EEC; UK Trade
JEL Codes: F14; F15; R12
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| EEC accession (F15) | trade patterns (F10) |
| trade patterns (F10) | southern ports share of imports (F10) |
| trade patterns (F10) | southern ports share of exports (F10) |
| trade patterns (F10) | manufacturing exports (L60) |