Intra industry trade between United States and China in manufacturing sector

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the IIT between United States (U.S) and China in manufacturing sector for the period of 1989 until 2009. The Grubel-Llyod model was adopted in order to measure the IIT index. The results show that the level of IIT in manufacturing sector between thes...

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Main Author: Josep, Francis
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6426/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6426/3/Josep%20full.pdf
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Summary:The main purpose of this study is to investigate the IIT between United States (U.S) and China in manufacturing sector for the period of 1989 until 2009. The Grubel-Llyod model was adopted in order to measure the IIT index. The results show that the level of IIT in manufacturing sector between these two countries is very high. The IIT has increased from year to year. Apart from that, the results also indicate that the IIT between these countries is dominated by vertical IIT.