01847cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000215 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451855869 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Agenor, Pierre-Richard. Competitiveness and External Trade Performance of the French Manufacturing Industry / Pierre-Richard Agenor. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995. 1 online resource (42 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper provides an assessment of competitiveness and external trade performance of the French manufacturing industry during the 1980s and early 1990s. The first part of the paper reviews developments in a broad range of competitiveness indicators. The analysis indicates that the manufacturing sector appears to have maintained its competitive position in recent years. The second part discusses developments in export market shares. The third part estimates a vector error correction model relating the trade ratio to relative unit labor costs, domestic and foreign demand, and nonprice competitiveness. Variance decompositions suggest that fluctuations in price and nonprice competitiveness account for about two-fifths of fluctuations in manufacturing trade flows. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/137 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1995/137/001.1995.issue-137-en.xml IMF e-Library