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Composite Revealed Comparative Advantage Index: A Non-parametric Approach [PDF]
The composition and share of export items from a country change over time. Individual exporting companies take firm-level actions to keep up their market share.
Satyendra Nath CHAKRABARTTY +1 more
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Comparative Advantage in Interntional Trade: A Study Based on Leading Exports in Sri Lanka
The export and import economic policy has both advantages and disadvantages. In Sri Lanka, however, export and import economy led to unsymmetrical export portfolio, which has continuously outcome for deficit trade balances.
KMV Sachithra +3 more
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Normality in the Distribution of Revealed Comparative Advantage Index for International Trade and Economic Complexity [PDF]
The Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index is an important metric for evaluating competitiveness of a country in exporting certain commodity. While it is desirable to have a normally distributed RCA index, the opposite is often found in empirical ...
Bin Liu, Jianbo Gao
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The Austrian District of Burgenland is located in the eastern part of the country. In the last decade, the region has benefited from different subsidy programs from the European Union.
Doris Granabetter
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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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Comparative Advantage of Turkish Olive Oil in Global Markets: An Empirical Analysis
Purpose: This study aims to reveal the comparative advantage of the selected countries in olive oil industry. These selected countries are the main olive oil producers and mainly located in Mediterranean Seacoast.
Abdulmusa Sönmüş, Mehmet Hanifi Aslan
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The development of exports in an open economic environment is the best solution in accelerating the pace of economic growth. The research evaluates the competitiveness of Iraqi dates exports based on a set of quantitative indicators and shows the role ...
R.T. Al-Wasity +2 more
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New revealed comparative advantage index: Dataset and empirical distribution [PDF]
Abstract This paper presents a new database of revealed comparative advantage (RCA) measures based on the recent index of RCA proposed by Costinot et al. (2012) . This new index conceptually fits the ex ante and country-sector specific nature of the Ricardian comparative advantage better than the traditional Balassa index. The Balassa index, indeed,
Elsa Leromain, Gianluca Orefice
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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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Investigation on comparative advantage and export stability performance of Iran's forest products [PDF]
Islamic Republic of Iran's forest products export market at time interval of 1970 to 2009 was investigated, using comparative advantage indices. Based on application of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage ...
Hamid Amirnejad, Alireza Alipour
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