An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China

This paper investigates the bilateral trade pattern between Japan,Malaysia and China (JMC) using the intra-industry trade (IIT) index analysis. Our empirical findings revealed the following. First, China shows a higher degree of IIT relation with Japan vis-à-vis Malaysia. Second, to the extent of w...

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Main Authors:	Mohammad Affendy, Arip, Lau, Sim Yee, Satoru, Madono
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Language:	English
Published:	University of Malaya 2011
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	unimas-179382017-10-04T06:47:54Z http://ir.unimas.my/17938/ An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China Mohammad Affendy, Arip Lau, Sim Yee Satoru, Madono H Social Sciences (General) This paper investigates the bilateral trade pattern between Japan,Malaysia and China (JMC) using the intra-industry trade (IIT) index analysis. Our empirical findings revealed the following. First, China shows a higher degree of IIT relation with Japan vis-à-vis Malaysia. Second, to the extent of whether rapid manufacturing development in China is affecting Malaysia’s export to Japan, our analytical evidence demonstrates that the degree of overlapping exports to Japan by Malaysia and China has increased over time. Although this trend appears to be an indication of increasing competition from China in relation to Malaysia’s products in the Japanese market, our empirical evidence – detailing the degree of product similarity between Malaysia and China using the unit value (UV) measurement – shows that both countries’ exports actually comprise mainly vertically differentiated products or different segments of the market in Japan. Nevertheless, the results also reveal that, compared to Malaysia, China is rapidly increasing its export share in horizontally differentiated products or similar market segments. University of Malaya 2011-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/17938/1/An%20Analysis%20of%20Intra-Industry%20Trade%20between%20Japan%20Malaysia%20and%20China%20%28abstract%29.pdf Mohammad Affendy, Arip and Lau, Sim Yee and Satoru, Madono (2011) An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China. International Journal of Institutions and Economies, 3 (1). pp. 1-30. ISSN 2232-1632 http://ijie.um.edu.my
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description	This paper investigates the bilateral trade pattern between Japan,Malaysia and China (JMC) using the intra-industry trade (IIT) index analysis. Our empirical findings revealed the following. First, China shows a higher degree of IIT relation with Japan vis-à-vis Malaysia. Second, to the extent of whether rapid manufacturing development in China is affecting Malaysia’s export to Japan, our analytical evidence demonstrates that the degree of overlapping exports to Japan by Malaysia and China has increased over time. Although this trend appears to be an indication of increasing competition from China in relation to Malaysia’s products in the Japanese market, our empirical evidence – detailing the degree of product similarity between Malaysia and China using the unit value (UV) measurement – shows that both countries’ exports actually comprise mainly vertically differentiated products or different segments of the market in Japan. Nevertheless, the results also reveal that, compared to Malaysia, China is rapidly increasing its export share in horizontally differentiated products or similar market segments.
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author	Mohammad Affendy, Arip Lau, Sim Yee Satoru, Madono
author_facet	Mohammad Affendy, Arip Lau, Sim Yee Satoru, Madono
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title	An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China
title_short	An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China
title_full	An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China
title_fullStr	An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China
title_full_unstemmed	An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China
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An Analysis of Intra-Industry Trade between Japan, Malaysia and China

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