Explain what the GG-LL model tells us about the benefits of extensive trade between EU member states and comment on the significance of similarity of economic structure in this framework
What will be an ideal response?
The GG-LL model shows that extensive trade with the rest of the euro zone makes it easier for a member to adjust to output market disturbances that affect it and its currency partners differently. A key element in minimizing such disturbances is similarity in economic structure, especially in the types of products produced. Euro zone countries are, in fact, not entirely dissimilar in the manufacturing structure, as evidenced by the very high volume of intraindustry trade. The hope is that any difference in EU member country factor endowments will be minimized by the completion of a single European market and the redistribution of capital and labor across Europe. This will bring about the desired similarity of economic structure.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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