Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries

This study aims to investigate the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) for the Asian five countries which are Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Japan and their export diversification which can help to generate a high economics performance. The RCA index is applied in this study to generate...

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Main Author: Faiznur, Binti Yusuf.
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012
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description This study aims to investigate the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) for the Asian five countries which are Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Japan and their export diversification which can help to generate a high economics performance. The RCA index is applied in this study to generate the standard deviation of RCA so that it can be used to analyze the export diversification from the year 1976 until 2010. The finding indicates that Japan is the most diversify exports country followed by Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia. For the economic performance, it shows that these selected Asian have achieve a high economic performance since an export is a major component in computing the economic income. Although the country export is competitive, it does not mean that the export is diversified.
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spelling unimas-46122023-08-29T06:41:54Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4612/ Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries Faiznur, Binti Yusuf. HB Economic Theory This study aims to investigate the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) for the Asian five countries which are Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, China and Japan and their export diversification which can help to generate a high economics performance. The RCA index is applied in this study to generate the standard deviation of RCA so that it can be used to analyze the export diversification from the year 1976 until 2010. The finding indicates that Japan is the most diversify exports country followed by Singapore, Malaysia, China and Indonesia. For the economic performance, it shows that these selected Asian have achieve a high economic performance since an export is a major component in computing the economic income. Although the country export is competitive, it does not mean that the export is diversified. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2012 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4612/1/Revealed%20Comparative%20Advantage%20%28RCA%29%2C%20export%20diversification%2C%20and%20economic%20performance%20in%20selected%20Asian%20countries%20-%20%2824%20pages%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4612/8/Faiznur%20ft.pdf Faiznur, Binti Yusuf. (2012) Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle HB Economic Theory
Faiznur, Binti Yusuf.
Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title_full Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title_fullStr Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title_full_unstemmed Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title_short Revealed comparative advantage (RCA), export diversification, and economic performance in selected Asian countries
title_sort revealed comparative advantage (rca), export diversification, and economic performance in selected asian countries
topic HB Economic Theory
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