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South Korea's Marginal Intra-Industry Trade and the Choice of Preferential Partners

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  • Hyun-Hoon Lee

    (Division of Economics and International Trade Kangwon National University Hyoja 2-dong, Chuncheon 200-701 South Korea)

  • Chan-Hyun Sohn

    (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 300-4, Yomgok-dong, Seocho-gu Seoul 137-747 South Korea)

Abstract

South Korea recently signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with Chile and is currently negotiating or studying bilateral FTAs with about 20 countries. However, some South Koreans oppose such agreements because they fear that trade liberalization would result in costly factor adjustment. Many researchers believe that intra-industry trade expansion generates smaller inter-industry factor adjustment (and therefore lower costs) compared with the costs associated with inter-industry trade expansion. This paper analyzes the extent and nature of intra-industry trade and marginal intra-industry trade in South Korea, to help predict the relative costs it might face upon opening its markets to various countries. Copyright (c) 2005 Center for International Development and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Hyun-Hoon Lee & Chan-Hyun Sohn, 2004. "South Korea's Marginal Intra-Industry Trade and the Choice of Preferential Partners," Asian Economic Papers, MIT Press, vol. 3(3), pages 94-116.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:asiaec:v:3:y:2004:i:3:p:94-116
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    1. Justyna Lapinska, 2014. "Determinants of Intra-Industry Trade in Agricultural and Food Products between Poland and EU Countries," DANUBE: Law and Economics Review, European Association Comenius - EACO, issue 3, pages 159-172, September.
    2. Sakshi Aggarwal & Debashis Chakraborty, 2020. "Labour Market Adjustment and Intra-Industry Trade: Empirical Results from Indian Manufacturing Sectors," Journal of South Asian Development, , vol. 15(2), pages 238-269, August.

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