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Determinants of Intra-industry Specialization in Swedish Foreign Trade

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In a theoretical model, the share of intra-industry trade in an industry's bilateral trade flows (IIT) is determined by relative factor prices in the trading countries, factor intensity, and the elasticity of substitution in demand between products in the industry. The more similar the relative factor prices in different countries, the less "extreme" the factor intensity, while the lower the elasticity of substitution between the products in an industry, the larger the IIT. The empirical study confirms these implications. Furthermore, tariffs and transport costs are shown to have a greater negative effect on intra-industry trade than on inter-industry trade. Copyright 1991 by The editors of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

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  • Hansson, Par, 1991. "Determinants of Intra-industry Specialization in Swedish Foreign Trade," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 93(3), pages 391-405.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:scandj:v:93:y:1991:i:3:p:391-405
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    1. Kishor Sharma, 1999. "Pattern and Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Australian Manufacturing," Working Papers 813, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.
    2. Johan Torstensson, 1998. "Country size and comparative advantage: An empirical study," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 134(4), pages 590-611, December.

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