Comparative advantage of selected agriculture products in Iran: a revealed comparative advantage assessment [PDF]
The paper is an examination of Balassa’s ‘revealed comparative advantage’ (RCA). The results of researches show that when using the RCA, it should always be attuned in such a way, that it becomes symmetric.This paper consists of three major parts i.e ...
Bakhshinejad Mahmood, Hassanzadeh Ali
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Revealed Comparative Advantage and Competitiveness in Pear
This article focuses on the study of the comparative advantages and competitiveness in the global pear market. First, it will outline a clear distinction between these two concepts, followed by analysis. This paper provides a new index of competitiveness
Jaime de Pablo Valenciano +2 more
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A New Class of Revealed Comparative Advantage Indexes [PDF]
AbstractThis paper draws upon a critical analysis of the three RCA indexes in Vollrath (1991) to propose a new class of RCA indexes. The baseline RCA index in this new class rests on the overall structure of trade, is symmetric, avoids size bias and is compatible with the Kunimoto-Vollrath principle. Possible modifications of the baseline RCA index are
Jenny P. Danna-Buitrago, Rémi Stellian
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REVEALED COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF MOLDOVA’S LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS [PDF]
The paper aimed to present the analysis of the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) of Moldova’s livestock products. The research was carried out based on the statistical data provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, as well as data collected from ...
Anatolie IGNAT +2 more
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Revealing comparative advantages in the backbone of science [PDF]
In 2013 Computational Scientometrics Workshop, October 28, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA, co-located with CIKM ...
Miguel Guevara 0002, Marcelo Mendoza
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The Revealed Comparative Advantage of Swaziland [PDF]
The authors investigate the revealed comparative advantage of Swaziland. They investigate whether or not Swaziland has comparative advantage in the products it exports to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) and the rest of the world.
Karambakuwa, Roseline, Mzumara, Macleans
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Revealed Comparative Advantage and Specialisation in Athletics [PDF]
Sport - in particular high-performance sport - is a fascination that is used as a platform for societal concerns. This is the base for different interests in active and passive sports and the state's interest in top-class sport. In most countries, top-class sport is a national concern: states train their athletes in national training centres, support ...
Cindy Du Bois, Bruno Heyndels
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A Note on the Balassa Index of Revealed Comparative Advantage [PDF]
It is customary in the empirical trade literature to analyze specialization patterns of countries using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) measures. This paper explores the pros and cons of the most commonly used RCA index: the Balassa (1965) Index of RCA.
Luca DE BENEDICTIS, Massimo TAMBERI
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Analysis of Competitiveness and Forecasting of Indonesian Tea Exports to Main Destination Countries
Indonesia as a tea exporter in the world has not maximized tea export opportunities as indicated by the decline in the value of tea exports from 2016 to 2020.
Fadhlan Zuhdi +2 more
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The competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s exports to South Africa during the recovery period 2009 to 2011
This article analyses the competitiveness of Zimbabwe’s exports in the South African market under the multiple currency system from 2009 to 2011. Using real exchange rate analysis and the Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage index (RSCA), the article
Willie Nakunyada, Laurine Chikoko
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