This article investigates the relationship between sectoral concentration and per capita income over the period 1963 to 2009 for 17 Latin American countries. Results confirm the existence of a U-shaped relationship between sectoral concentration of manufacturing value added and the level of per...

This paper investigates country and industry-level determinants of vertical specialization-based production and trade between the United States and both developed and developing countries. Industries engaged in vertical specialization are identified through their use of offshore assembly...

This paper investigates industry and country-level determinants of intraindustry trade (IIT) between the United States and seventy-two trading partners. Its primary focus is on the relationship between vertical specialization-based production and IIT. Industries engaged in vertical...

Trade coverage ratios were calculated to assess the 1989 incidence of non-tariff measures (NTMs) on imports of agricultural products by major industrial nations. Overall, 36 percent of all food items were found to be covered by one or more NTM in the European Community. Corresponding figures for...

Purpose – This paper proposes to use changes in intra-industry specialization indicators over the period 1996-2008 to assess the potential for factor adjustment pressures that may arise in the USA if the proposed USA-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) is implemented. Results show that...

This paper provides evidence on the importance of geographical distance by investigating the relationship between distance and the share of two-way trade in total trade. Findings are not consistent with the widely held view that intraindustry trade (IIT) falls off rapidly across the entire...