Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach

International trade contributes significantly to driving Malaysia's economic growth. As intra-industry trade (IIT) has become increasingly important due to changes in the international trade landscape, this study aims to identify the determinants of IIT and to gauge the trade pattern between Ma...

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Main Authors: Mui-Yin, Chin, Cia-Ling, Teo, Puah, Chin-Hong
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
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http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/1/Intra-Industry.pdf
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author Mui-Yin, Chin
Cia-Ling, Teo
Puah, Chin-Hong
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Cia-Ling, Teo
Puah, Chin-Hong
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description International trade contributes significantly to driving Malaysia's economic growth. As intra-industry trade (IIT) has become increasingly important due to changes in the international trade landscape, this study aims to identify the determinants of IIT and to gauge the trade pattern between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7 (the machinery and transport equipment manufacturing sub-sector) from 1980 through 2012 using decompositiontype threshold and Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) methods. In addition, this study will further decompose IIT into horizontal IIT (HIIT) and vertical IIT (VIIT) to examine the current pattern of IIT. The econometric results reveal that the difference in real gross domestic product (GDP) between the two countries is the key determinant of IIT in both the long run and the short run. Meanwhile, the average of foreign direct investment inflow (FDI) in both countries will stimulate IIT in the short run. Furthermore, the decomposition results confirm that the IIT between the two countries is prone to VIIT. The findings of the empirical results suggest that the policy makers of both countries should leverage the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) to enhance their trade ties.
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spelling unimas-139552022-02-08T02:06:55Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/ Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach Mui-Yin, Chin Cia-Ling, Teo Puah, Chin-Hong HB Economic Theory HG Finance International trade contributes significantly to driving Malaysia's economic growth. As intra-industry trade (IIT) has become increasingly important due to changes in the international trade landscape, this study aims to identify the determinants of IIT and to gauge the trade pattern between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7 (the machinery and transport equipment manufacturing sub-sector) from 1980 through 2012 using decompositiontype threshold and Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) methods. In addition, this study will further decompose IIT into horizontal IIT (HIIT) and vertical IIT (VIIT) to examine the current pattern of IIT. The econometric results reveal that the difference in real gross domestic product (GDP) between the two countries is the key determinant of IIT in both the long run and the short run. Meanwhile, the average of foreign direct investment inflow (FDI) in both countries will stimulate IIT in the short run. Furthermore, the decomposition results confirm that the IIT between the two countries is prone to VIIT. The findings of the empirical results suggest that the policy makers of both countries should leverage the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) to enhance their trade ties. Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/1/Intra-Industry.pdf Mui-Yin, Chin and Cia-Ling, Teo and Puah, Chin-Hong (2016) Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach. International Journal of Economics and Management, 10 (1). pp. 109-124. ISSN 1823 - 836X https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84986879982&partnerID=40&md5=c40cdd945414faaa8f95fbf3e2c68e2d
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
Mui-Yin, Chin
Cia-Ling, Teo
Puah, Chin-Hong
Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title_full Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title_fullStr Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title_full_unstemmed Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title_short Intra-industry trade between Malaysia and Singapore in SITC 7: An ARDL bound test approach
title_sort intra-industry trade between malaysia and singapore in sitc 7: an ardl bound test approach
topic HB Economic Theory
HG Finance
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13955/1/Intra-Industry.pdf