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April 26, 2023

New Tools for Value Chain Analysis

We introduce two novel tools to enhance our understanding of international trade. Through the trade cost index, we compute the complete trade costs within a value chain. With the new gravity model that also incorporates...

April 20, 2023

A simulation of energy prices and corporate profits

Firms have absorbed the higher costs for gas and electricity with energy savings and price increases for customers. The higher energy prices are expected to lead to only a limited number of additional loss-making firms.

A simulation of energy prices and corporate profits
June 23, 2022

Economic interwovenness with China through trade: two sides of the same coin

This is apparent from a study by CPB and CBS on the economic interwovenness of the Netherlands and the European Union with China. The Netherlands and Europe benefit from trade with China, and vice versa. However, this trade also creates mutual economic dependence.

Trade with China
March 23, 2022

Analysis of international trade sanctions against Russia

Het effect van de huidige handelssancties tegen Rusland voor Nederlandse economie zijn op termijn beperkt. Bij een eventuele stop van de Russische energietoevoer kan Nederland indirect wel flink geraakt worden o.a. via internationale productieketens.

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February 3, 2022

Heb elk handelsvoordeel zijn nadeel?

Dit jaar zal de EU haar 25e verjaardag vieren, maar wat heeft ze ons opgeleverd? Daar is geen makkelijk antwoord op te geven, omdat de EU zo veelomvattend is geworden. Programmaleider Internationale analyse, Gerdien Meijerink, waagt in haar column toch een poging.

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January 27, 2022

Evaluatie Keuzes in Kaart 2022-2025

Er is bij politieke partijen, departementen en media brede waardering voor de doorrekening van de verkiezingsprogramma’s door het Centraal Planbureau. Dit blijkt uit de vandaag verschenen evaluatie van Keuzes in Kaart 2022-2025 (KiK). De vernieuwingen die naar aanleiding van de vorige evaluatie zijn doorgevoerd, blijken een verbetering. Aandachtspunten zijn de langetermijnindicatoren en de samenhang met de doorrekening van het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving.

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January 26, 2022

Trade benefits of the EU and the Internal Market

The Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) is structurally 3.1% higher due to the trade benefits of the European Union. This makes the Netherlands one of the countries that will benefit most from the increased trade by the EU.

 trade benefits of the European Union
December 13, 2021

National Productivity Board 2021 annual report

Productivity growth has been declining for several decades; not only in the Netherlands but in many European countries. During the corona pandemic, productivity growth has dropped even more....

August 10, 2021

The contribution of business dynamics to productivity growth in the Netherlands

This paper analyses the declining firm dynamism in the Netherlands, which may explain part of the slowdown in productivity growth. We use a rich microdata set including nearly all corporations in the Netherlands during...

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July 27, 2021

Increased trade with China and Eastern Europe hardly affects Dutch workers

Contrary to other studies, we find no robust effect of an increase in trade with China and Central European (CEE) countries on local employment, wages and inequality in the Netherlands....

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