On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China
A relatively recent development in the intra-industry trade (IIT) literature is the measurement of the simultaneous import and export of quality-differentiated products, commonly known as vertical and horizontal IIT. A recent paper from Azhar and Elliott [Azhar, A. K. M. & Elliott, R. J. R. (200...
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| description | A relatively recent development in the intra-industry trade (IIT) literature is the measurement of the simultaneous import and export of quality-differentiated products, commonly known as vertical and horizontal IIT. A recent paper from Azhar and Elliott [Azhar, A. K. M. & Elliott, R. J. R. (2006), On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra-Industry Trade, Review of World Economics, Vol 142 no 3, pp 476–495] analyses various approaches for disentangling vertical and horizontal IIT and suggests a complementary methodology. To investigate the robustness and sensitivity of the existing approaches we examine data on the nature of trade flows between China and its East Asian neighbours and show that in 2002 China tended to export low quality versions of its manufactured goods to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. |
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| spelling | upm-177312015-12-01T09:09:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17731/ On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar Elliott, Robert J. R. Liu, Junting A relatively recent development in the intra-industry trade (IIT) literature is the measurement of the simultaneous import and export of quality-differentiated products, commonly known as vertical and horizontal IIT. A recent paper from Azhar and Elliott [Azhar, A. K. M. & Elliott, R. J. R. (2006), On the Measurement of Product Quality in Intra-Industry Trade, Review of World Economics, Vol 142 no 3, pp 476–495] analyses various approaches for disentangling vertical and horizontal IIT and suggests a complementary methodology. To investigate the robustness and sensitivity of the existing approaches we examine data on the nature of trade flows between China and its East Asian neighbours and show that in 2002 China tended to export low quality versions of its manufactured goods to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Elsevier 2008-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17731/1/On%20the%20measurement%20of%20product%20quality%20in%20intra.pdf Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar and Elliott, Robert J. R. and Liu, Junting (2008) On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China. China Economic Review, 19 (2). pp. 336-344. ISSN 1043-951X; ESSN: 1873-7781 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043951X06000848 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.10.003 |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar Elliott, Robert J. R. Liu, Junting On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title | On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title_full | On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title_fullStr | On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title_short | On the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for China |
| title_sort | on the measurement of product quality in intra-industry trade: an empirical test for china |
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