Does Specialization Matter for Trade Imbalance at Industry Level?

This paper investigates the source of bilateral trade imbalance at industry level. We build a simple model based on gravity theory and derive the prediction that the bilateral trade balance in an industry is increasing in the difference between trading partners in the output share of the industry. W...

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Main Authors: E. Young Song, Chen Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2012-09-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2012.16.3.249