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Mo, Yunle, 2016. Assessment of Russian embargo impact on economies of the EU countries : an input-output approach. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Economics

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The purpose of this study is to quantify the impact of Russia’s embargo on the economies of most affected EU countries. Russia is the fourth largest trading partner and the second largest importer of Europe’s agriculture products. According to the Eurostat, Russia’s food import counts approximately 10% of Europe’s total export of agriculture and food products. In June 2014, the European Union (EU) adopted a series of economic sanctions against Russia due to the Ukraine’s territorial crisis. As retaliation, Russia imposed a one-year food embargo on the import of a whole range of food products from the EU, Norway, Australia, Canada and the USA on 7 August 2014. In June 2015 the ban was extended to be effective until August 5, 2016, and it may be subsequently extended for another 1-year period. The most affected European countries are: the Baltic States, Finland, Poland, and Germany (as shown in the database of GTAP 2011). The impact of Russia’s counter-sanction on the economy of the EU countries is assessed in this study by conducting Input-Output multiplier analysis together with comparison studies. In order to allow a holistic view of the impact on the interested regions, the disaggregated Input-Output matrix for those four European countries of interest is constructed from the dataset of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) in 2011. The results show that the impact on the whole economy of these four countries is moderate in terms of their change in GDP, but it does have significant negative impacts on certain industries of each economy, for instance, bovine meat industry in Germany, vegetables and fruits in both Baltic States and Poland, and dairy products in Finland. These impacts on production level may further forward its negative effects to the related labors and firms who run the risk of losing their income due to the embargo.

Main title:Assessment of Russian embargo impact on economies of the EU countries
Subtitle:an input-output approach
Authors:Mo, Yunle
Supervisor:Surry, Yves Rene
Examiner:Hess, Sebastian
Series:Examensarbete / SLU, Institutionen för ekonomi
Volume/Sequential designation:1005
Year of Publication:2016
Level and depth descriptor:Second cycle, A2E
Student's programme affiliation:NM002 Agricultural Economics and Management - Master's Programme 120 HEC
Supervising department:(NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics
Keywords:Russian embargo, GTAP model, an input-output multiplier analysis, direct and indirect effects, economic impact analysis
URN:NBN:urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-5329
Permanent URL:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-5329
Subject. Use of subject categories until 2023-04-30.:Agricultural economics and policies
International trade
Language:English
Deposited On:03 May 2016 13:40
Metadata Last Modified:08 Aug 2016 14:30

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