International trade between Spain-Morocco-Portugal: are there any opportunities for optical products?

This paper deals with the international trade interrelations between Spain and its closest neighbours to the South and West: Portugal and Morocco. It analyses the importance of optical products in the trade balance with those countries. To do so, a Social Accounting Matrix for Spain is used as a ben...

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Autor: Barrera Lozano, Margarita Inmaculada
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/82035
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/82035
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:International trade
Optical products
Input-output analysis
Matrices de contabilidad social
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Sumario:This paper deals with the international trade interrelations between Spain and its closest neighbours to the South and West: Portugal and Morocco. It analyses the importance of optical products in the trade balance with those countries. To do so, a Social Accounting Matrix for Spain is used as a benchmark economic model, where the optical sector has been disaggregated and international coefficients are considered in order to include the effect of Portugal and Morocco in the Spanish economic system. Results show that, although Portugal plays a considerably important role, there are still growth opportunities toward the relations with Morocco.