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- Title
International Trade in Outermost Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Mayotte Island and French Overseas Departments.
- Authors
Candau, Fabien; Rey, Serge
- Abstract
This article analyzes determinants of exports and imports by French overseas departments and reveals insights into the market access of these ultra-peripheral regions. Special attention focuses on Mayotte Island, which will take on the status of the "Outermost Region of Europe" in 2014. The estimates, based on gravity models, show that (a) economic crises in a partner country hinders imports from French overseas departments; (b) immigration, a serious concern in Mayotte, has a significant, negative impact on the trade deficit, by both raising imports and reducing exports; (c) historical colonial links can still explain trade; and (d) a common language with the partner country boosts exports from Mayotte more than exports from other overseas departments.
- Subjects
FRENCH overseas departments; MAYOTTE; INTERNATIONAL trade; BALANCE of trade; INTERNATIONAL economic relations
- Publication
European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014, Vol 11, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
1824-2979
- Publication type
Article