As a result of rapid economic growth and increased influence of globalization in international trade activities, intra-industry trade (IIT) becomes prominent across Asia including Malaysia. Free trade agreements and creations of free trade areas have encourage increased cross border investments through production networking as well as fragmentation of production, especially in manufacturing sec...

The evidence of intra-industry trade (IIT) is one of the most important empirical findings in international trade literature, though its empirical background is poorly developed. The article contributes to the empirical literature by analysing the effects of EU accession on intra-industry trade by using the Grubel-Lloyd index. Results show that agricultural trade between Hungary and EU15 in 200...

â â â  â â  abstract: â  china and asean have been maintaining a relationship both cooperative and competitive in the textile trade. due to its labor intensive feature and high dependence on foreign trade , the textile trade has received much attention after the 2008 financial crisis. the customs data (classified by the hs code) from year 2006-2009 is employed to research the impact of the cris...

M ERCHANDISE trade is by far the best documented aspect of international economic relations. Trade data therefore offer a rich source of information on patterns and shifts in the allocation of economic activity around the globe. In this paper I describe global merchandise trade flows through the lens of intra-industry trade (IIT) indices, which quantify the extent to which bilateral imports and...

This paper looks at the issue of labour market adjustment in the context of expanded international trade of NAFTA economies both within the region and more generally. The study focuses on the period 1990-1998, a time-frame which covers several years prior to and after the formation of NAFTA. Trade flows of the member countries are analysed using measures of static intra-industry trade (IIT) and...

1. Introduction During the negotiation and implementation stages of the " 1992 " single market programme, prominent economists anticipated that the pressures for industrial restructuring among EU[1] countries would be considerably stronger than during previous episodes of European integration. Krugman (1987, p. 364) put it as follows: " The question now is whether the further expansion of trade...

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This study examines the features and determinants of Portuguese intra-industry trade (IIT) during the period 1995-2003. We separate horizontal IIT from vertical III using data at the five-digit level. Based on Falvey and Kierzkowski (1987) and Flam and Helpman (1987) theoretical models and on Greenaway, Hine and Milner(1994), Hummels and Levinshon (1995) empirical studies, we use a static and d...