The Problem of Measuring Intra-industry Trade

Dutta, Sourish (2022): The Problem of Measuring Intra-industry Trade.

Abstract

From a historical perspective, the development of research studies concerning the emergence of intra-industry trade is fruitful interaction between theoretical explanations and empirical methods to measure this phenomenon. The foundation of indicators to measure the intensity of intra-industry trading caused the rise of theoretical models explaining the determinants of these trade flows. It also contributed to the debate on the need to distinguish, in empirical analyses, intra-industry trade in horizontal differentiation from that in vertical differentiation.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Intra-Industry Trade; Horizontal Differentiation; Vertical Differentiation
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F10 - General; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; Fragmentation; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F14 - Empirical Studies of Trade

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