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The Economics of European Integration

The Economics of European Integration. Chapter 7 Growth Effects & Factor Market Integration. Growth Effects. European leaders have long emphasised the pro-growth aspects of European integration. These operate in a way that is fundamentally different from the way allocation effects operate;

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The Economics of European Integration

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  1. The Economics of European Integration

  2. Chapter 7Growth Effects & Factor Market Integration

  3. Growth Effects • European leaders have long emphasised the pro-growth aspects of European integration. • These operate in a way that is fundamentally different from the way allocation effects operate; • They operate by changing the rate at which new factors of production – mainly capital – are accumulated, • Hence the name ‘accumulation effects’.

  4. Verbal logic of growth • Growth in income per worker requires more output per worker. • Nation's labour force can produce more goods and services year after year only if they have more/better 'tools' year after year. • 'tools' means capital broadly defined: • physical capital (machines, etc.), • human capital (skills, training, experience, etc.) and • knowledge capital (technology). • ERGO, rate of output growth is linked to rate of physical, human and knowledge capital accumulation. • Most capital accumulation is intentional and it is called investment. • Thus: European integration affects growth mainly via its effect on investment in human capital, physical capital and knowledge capital.

  5. Verbal logic of growth: summary • European integration (or any other policy) → allocation effect → improved efficiency → better investment climate → more investment in machines, skills and/or technology → higher output per person. • * Medium run effects eventually fade out. • Growth returns to its long-run rate. • Long run effects raise long-run rate forever.

  6. Some facts Table 7‑1: European Growth Phases, 1890-1992

  7. Some facts Growth in the WWII Reconstruction Phase.

  8. Some facts GDP per capita & Rankings, 1950 and 1973 (1990 international dollars).

  9. Some facts Complete table

  10. Solow diagram • Show medium run growth effects in simple diagram. • To simplify, start with whole EU as a single, closed economy with fully integrated capital and labour markets and the same technology everywhere.

  11. euros/L GDP/L Y/L* d(K/L) B s(GDP/L) A Io Do K/L K/Lo K/L* Solow diagram The inflow of new capital and how it varies with K/L Outflow of capital per L, constant depreciation rate, delta Assume fixed investment rate, s

  12. Induced capital formation Induced capital formation effect, i.e. medium-run growth bonus euros/L GDP/L’ E Y/L’ C GDP/L Y/Lc Allocation effect Y/L* d(K/L) B s(GDP/L)’ D s(GDP/L) A K/L’ K/L K/L*

  13. Integration induced investment rate rise euros/L Medium-run growth bonus GDP/L D Y/L’ Y/L* d(K/L) B s’(GDP/L) C s(GDP/L) A K/L K/L* K/L’

  14. Other MR growth effects: investment rate. Experience of Spain & Portugal

  15. Other MR growth effects: investment rate. Experience of Ireland

  16. Other MR growth effects: investment rate. Experience of Greece

  17. Long-term growth in Solow-like diagram euros/L GDP/L Y/L* s(GDP/L) A d(K/L) B K/L* K/L =Knowledge/L

  18. Long-term growth impact of integration Integration improves efficiency → improves investment climate → higher investment rate (s rises to s’) → faster growth (knowledge capital accumulates more rapidly) euros/L GDP/L s’(GDP/L) Y/L* s(GDP/L) C A d(K/L) B K/L* K/L =Knowledge/L

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