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How Does Industrialization Affect the Structure of International Trade? the Japanese Experience in the Pacific Basin, 1975-85

By Sayuri Shirai

August 1, 1994

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Sayuri Shirai. How Does Industrialization Affect the Structure of International Trade? the Japanese Experience in the Pacific Basin, 1975-85, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1994) accessed November 8, 2024
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Summary

This paper provides a theoretical model to address the issue of how industrialization affects the structure of international trade. Considering both horizontal and vertical product differentiation, the model shows that intra-industry trade increases when product quality improvement emerges in a developing country and when a difference in relative factor endowments between a developed and a developing countries shrinks. To promote understanding of the conclusions of the model, the paper also uses actual trade data between Japan and Indonesia and between Japan and Korea.

Subject: Agricultural commodities, Commodities, Development, Economic sectors, Exports, Imports, Industrialization, International trade, Manufacturing

Keywords: Agricultural commodities, Developing country, East Asia, Exports, IIT index, Imports, Industrialization, Industry index, Industry trade, Intra-industry trade, Manufactures aggregate, Manufacturing, Trade volume, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    40

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 1994/095

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA0951994

  • ISBN:

    9781451851779

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

Notes

Study based on actual trade data between Japan and Indonesia and between Japan and Korea.

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