Determinants of United States’ Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade

This paper investigates bilateral intra-industry trade between the United States and its major trading partners over the period 1995–2008. Intra-industry trade (IIT) is decomposed into horizontal (HIIT) and vertical (VIIT) components. HIIT dominates the total two-way trade of the United States andit...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thorpe, Michael, Leitao, Nuno
Format: Journal Article
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41590