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Determinants of Vertical Intra-Industry Trade in the Automobile Manufacturing Sector: globalization and fragmentation
Leitão, Nuno; Faustino, Horácio; Yoshida, Yushi - ISEG - School of Economics and Management, Department … - 2009
This paper examines the determinants of vertical intra-industry trade (VIIT) in the automobile components industry … between Portugal and the European Union 27 (EU-27) and the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) during the period … 1995-2006. Using a static and a dynamic panel data analysis, the results indicate that VIIT is a positive function of the …
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Fragmentation in the automobile manufacturing industry: evidence from Portugal
Faustino, Horácio C.; Carlos Leitão, Nuno - In: Journal of Economic Studies 38 (2011) 3, pp. 287-300
variables. Findings – The results indicate that VIIT is a positive function of the difference in per‐capita GDP between Portugal … distance influences negatively this type of VIIT between Portugal and the EU‐27 only. The results do not confirm the hypothesis …Purpose – This paper aims to examine the determinants of vertical intra‐industry trade (VIIT) in the automobile …
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Fragmentation and East Asia’s Information Technology Trade
Bonham, Carl; Gangnes, Byron; Assche, Ari Van - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2004
argue that the rise of IT trade must be understood within the context o increasing vertical fragmentation of production … fragmentation. We apply a panel cointegration approach that allows for heterogeneity in short-run dynamics and in fixed effects …. Consistent with production fragmentation, we find that the evolution of IT trade can be explained in part by traditional income …
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The impact of trade on employment in Colombian
LUNA, Yezid HERNÁNDEZ - DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PLANEACIÓN - 2011
This article analyses the impact of imports and exports, from and towards the most important Colombiantrade partners (United States, European Union, China, Andean Community of Nations, Venezuela, Brazil andMexico), on employment in the manufacturing sector during 2000 ‐ 2007. We use the System...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391767
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Outsourcing and skill-specific employment in a small economy: Austria and the fall of the Iron Curtain
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - 2000
We present a model, in which a small industrialised economy outsources part of its production into a small foreign country which is well endowed with low-skilled labour. We analyse under which conditions sinking trade costs stimulate outsourcing activities, thereby increasing the wage dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294596
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Outsourcing and skill-specific employment in a small economy : Austria and the fall of the iron curtain
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - 2000
We present a model, in which a small industrialised economy outsources part of its production into a small foreign country which is well endowed with low-skilled labour. We analyse under which conditions sinking trade costs stimulate outsourcing activities, thereby increasing the wage dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009750862
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Outsourcing and skill-specific employment in a small economy: Austria and the fall of the Iron Curtain
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2000
We present a model, in which a small industrialised economy outsources part of its production into a small foreign country which is well endowed with low-skilled labour. We analyse under which conditions sinking trade costs stimulate outsourcing activities, thereby increasing the wage dispersion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005839123
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Exchange Rate Volatility and U.S. Auto-Industry Exports: A Panel Cointegration Approach
Avsar, Veysel; Turkcan, Kemal - In: International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues 3 (2013) 4, pp. 772-772
Intermediate goods are often neglected in the empirical studies of the impact of exchange rate volatility on bilateral trade flows. Using import unit values of 58 motor vehicle products and 193 auto-parts, which are classified by the 10-digit level of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), this study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701166
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Exchange rate elasticity of exports and the role of institutions
Garayeva, Aygun; Tahirova, Gulzar - 2017
The impact of institutional quality on the exchange rate-export relation is assessed in a panel of 33 countries and quarterly time period of 1991Q1- 2016Q3. Empirical estimation is conducted in 2 steps. As a first step, using panel DOLS, FMOLS and PMG estimation techniques, it is confirmed that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715696
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Turkish migration to Europe: A modified gravity model analysis
Dedeoğlu, Dinçer; Genç, H. Deniz - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 17, pp. 1-19
This study specifies and applies a gravity model to provide empirical evidence on determinants of emigration from Turkey to 31 destination European countries over the period between 1960 and 2013. Results under alternative estimation strategies show that economic, demographic and cultural...
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