Hinloopen, J.; Marrewijk, C. van - de Nederlandsche Bank - 1998
trade disadvantage it is common practise to use the Balassa index. If the value of this index exceeds 1, the concomitant … industry is thought to have a comparative trade advantage. However, since the distribution of the Balassa index is not known, a … results of an investigation as to the empirical distribution of the Balassa index. It appears that this distribution is skewed …