Fragmentation and vertical intra-industry trade in East Asia
The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 2006Abstract East Asia experienced an unprecedented change in its international trade patterns in the last 10–15 years. To investigate this development, the paper decomposes machinery trade into one-way trade, vertical intra-industry trade (vertical IIT), and horizontal intra-industry trade (horizontal IIT), using finely disaggregated international trade
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Vertical intra-industry trade and economic size: The case of Malaysia
The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2019The manufacturing sector has become increasingly important as the engine of growth in the external trade landscape in Malaysia.
Mui-Yin Chin +3 more
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Wage Bargaining, Vertical Differentiation and Intra-Industry Trade Liberalization
Recherches économiques de Louvain, 2013Cet article évalue les effets de la libéralisation des échanges entre deux industries qui ont différentes dotations de main-d’œuvre qualifiée. La main-d’œuvre qualifiée est nécessaire pour la production des variantes de qualité élevée d’un bien différencié verticalement.
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Vertical Intra-industry trade: Patterns and Determinants in the Italian Case [PDF]
Using a cross-country analysis, this paper examines the determinants of the Italian intra-industry trade in vertically differentiated products. By considering the degree of specialization by quality within industries, we found that Italy’s IIT in low-quality products is higher the lower the factor endowment difference and the higher the technological ...
PITTIGLIO, Rosanna, Reganati F.
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Vertical specialization and intra-industry trade: The role of factor endowments
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 2002Vertical Specialization and Intra-Industry Trade: The Role of Factor Endowments. — In this paper, we use vertical differentiation models of the Falvey-Kierzkowski type to study the effects of differences in factor endowments on vertical intraindustry specialization.
Martín-Montaner, Joan A. +1 more
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Vertical Intra-Industry Trade and Economic Integration in East Asia
Asian Economic Papers, 2007It is notable that the trade in East Asian countries has increased more than proportionately to the growth of economy. This paper tests the hypothesis that the recent trade expansion is induced by development of international fragmentation of production.
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Horizontal and Vertical Intra-Industry Trade: The Case of Asean Trade in Manufactures
International Economic Journal, 2003For over two decades prior to the Asian Currency crisis of 1997, the economies of the ASEAN-5 underwent an impressive economic expansion while increasing their openness to trade. This paper examines the role of intra-industry trade (IIT) in intra-ASEAN trade.
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Intra-Industry Trade Theory in Vertically Differentiated Products [PDF]
This paper presents a theory of international trade in a two sector, one factor economy in which one sector is vertically differentiated. The paper shows that trade arises from the cost differences in goods in this sector between countries. Furthermore, this trade is characterized as inter-industry trade when cost differences are uniform and intra ...
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India’s Intra-industry Trade: Implication on Vertical Specialization, Environment and Employment
2018India’s IIT has grown in importance after the adoption of trade liberalization measures in 1991. This chapter tries to assess India’s IIT by considering different aspects, like vertical specialization associated with IIT, the impact of IIT on environment and employment.
Paramita Dasgupta, Kakali Mukhopadhyay
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Horizontal and Vertical Intra‐industry Trade: An Empirical Test of the ‘Homogeneity Hypothesis’
The World Economy, 2012AbstractIn this paper, we study if and how country‐specific factors affect intra‐industry trade (IIT) when heterogeneity among sectors is allowed for. The paper is novel in that it is the first that addresses an issue raised by Greenaway et al. (Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1999, 61, 365).
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