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		| Estela  Sáenz, María Dolores  Gadea and Marcela  Sabaté | 
	
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		| ''Measuring the external risk in the United Kingdom'' | 
	
		| ( 2009, Vol. 29 No.2 ) | 
	
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		| This paper aims to describe the evolution of the external risk in the United Kingdom between 1961 and 2008. We first present a theoretical description of the risk indicator. Then, we calculate this measure for the British economy in the period of study. In general, the results reveal a very small increase of external risk. Finally, the relationship between the two dimensions of external risk: trade openness and external volatility is analysed. | 
	
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		| Keywords: trade openness,  terms of trade volatility,  external risk,  United
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		| JEL: F4 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Apr 06 2009 |  | Manuscript Accepted : May 28 2009 | 
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