On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade
There is a long established thread of the international trade literature concerned with the measurement of intra-industry trade (IIT). Two distinct strands of the literature have developed: First, measures of marginal IIT that are concerned with the adjustment implications of volume-based changes in...
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| description | There is a long established thread of the international trade literature concerned with the measurement of intra-industry trade (IIT). Two distinct strands of the literature have developed: First, measures of marginal IIT that are concerned with the adjustment implications of volume-based changes in IIT; second, measures of vertical and horizontal IIT that are concerned with quality-based differences in IIT. This paper marries the two literatures to provide a new perspective on the smooth adjustment hypothesis debate and suggests the use of the marginal product quality index, a new measure of changes in quality in matched trade changes that complements dynamic measures of volume-based IIT. |
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| spelling | upm-159202015-12-04T03:53:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15920/ On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar Elliott, Robert J. R. There is a long established thread of the international trade literature concerned with the measurement of intra-industry trade (IIT). Two distinct strands of the literature have developed: First, measures of marginal IIT that are concerned with the adjustment implications of volume-based changes in IIT; second, measures of vertical and horizontal IIT that are concerned with quality-based differences in IIT. This paper marries the two literatures to provide a new perspective on the smooth adjustment hypothesis debate and suggests the use of the marginal product quality index, a new measure of changes in quality in matched trade changes that complements dynamic measures of volume-based IIT. Springer 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15920/1/On%20the%20measurement%20of%20changes%20in%20product%20quality%20in%20marginal%20intra.pdf Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar and Elliott, Robert J. R. (2008) On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade. Review of World Economics, 144 (2). pp. 225-247. ISSN 1610-2878; ESSN: 1610-2886 10.1007/s10290-008-0145-0 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar Elliott, Robert J. R. On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title | On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title_full | On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title_fullStr | On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title_short | On the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
| title_sort | on the measurement of changes in product quality in marginal intra-industry trade |
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