We analyze the dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage as measured by export shares and the Balassa index using 3-digit and 4-digit sectors for the period 1970 – 1997. We use novel tools to identify periods of rapid structural change and the persistence of comparative advantage, such as Galtonian regressions, probability-probability (p-p) plots, and the Harmonic Mass index, to supplement the ...

abstract in this research, the comparative advantage of cereals including: wheat, barley and corn in cities of kerman, bardsir and baft was investigated by using domestic resource cost (drc), social cost benefit (scb) and effective protection coefficient (epc) index during 2005-2006 and effect of exchange rate changes, price changes and products costs on comparative advantage, were investigated...

The literature on ERPT has not considered product-level comparative advantage (CA) as a source of heterogeneous firm productivity. However, a firm’s production choice may determine its productivity level and also its pricing decision as both the degree of market power and the fixed costs of exporting vary across products. This paper empirically analyses the export pricing behaviour of Chinese a...

comparative advantage of corn in comparison with other competing crops was investigated applying linear programming, to 2004-2005 data related to classic index (drc) in khuzestan. results showed that corn benefits from a comparative advantage in all cities of khuzestan province with acreage having been increased in the cultivation pattern of 37.5 % of the cities. in addition, comparing optimal ...

This study evaluates the global competitiveness of Pakistan's fruit exports for period 2003-2019. The comparative advantage and Pakistan are examined by employing revealed (RCA), symmetric advantage' (RSCA), relative import (RMA), trade (RTA), Trade Balance Index (TBI) Revealed Competitiveness (RC). empirical findings illustrate that had a competitive in during under consideration. indicates th...

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the competitive performance of the EU countries for food trade in the European market during the period 1990-2003. To assess such performance the analysis considers comparative advantage and evaluates three indices: export market share (EMS), revealed comparative advantage (RCA) and net export index (NEI). These three indices are found to be high in the N...

According to international trade theories, countries attempt to produce and export commodities with their abundant resources. Iran has great energy resources and availability of inexpensive energy input has increased energy consumption per capita in manufacturing sector as well as in consuming sector. Relying on low energy price, manufacturers employ energy-intensive methods for producing and e...