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An analysis of country specific determinants of vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade in the food processing sector of India

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  • Poornima Varma

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Intra-Industry Trade (IIT) has become a widespread phenomenon with a growing role in international trade, though agricultural trade is usually neglected in empirical works. This is especially true for India, where the food processing sector is showing potential and an expansion in trade. The present study therefore analyses the country specific determinants of two types of IIT - vertical IIT (VIIT) and horizontal IIT (HIIT) - by applying both static - Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE) - and dynamic Generalised Methods of Moments System (GMM-SYS) panel data techniques. The analysis confirmed the theoretical notions that the differences in tastes and preferences promote greater VIIT, whereas the differences lead to less HIIT between India and partner countries. Similarities in capital formation and GDP are found to be equally important for both VIIT and HIIT. The study also confirmed that higher the economic size, higher the VIIT and HIIT between the countries. The results also suggest that FTA is important in promoting IIT, especially the VIIT.

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  • Poornima Varma, 2015. "An analysis of country specific determinants of vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade in the food processing sector of India," International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 8(4), pages 324-342.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijtrgm:v:8:y:2015:i:4:p:324-342
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    Cited by:

    1. Sakshi Aggarwal & Debashis Chakraborty, 2021. "Which Factors influence Vertical Intra-Industry Trade in India? Empirical Results from Panel Data Analysis," Working Papers 2154, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
    2. repec:idn:journl:v:1:y:2019:i:sp5:p:1-20 is not listed on IDEAS
    3. Sagnik Bagchi & Surajit Bhattacharyya, 2019. "Country-Specific Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in India," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 54(3), pages 129-158, August.
    4. Sagnik Bagchi & Surajit Bhattacharyya, 2021. "Industry-level determinants of India’s vertical and horizontal IIT," Indian Economic Review, Springer, vol. 56(1), pages 113-145, June.

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