Dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage

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Authors
Publication date 2004
Series Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2004-034/2
Number of pages 69
Publisher Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract 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 usual descriptive statistical methods and mobility indicators associated with Markov transition matrices.
Document type Working paper
Published at http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/04034.pdf
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