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Vertical Specialization: Some Evidence from East Asia from 1975 to 2000

In: Input Trade and Production Networks in East Asia

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  • David Hummels
  • Yoko Uchida

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Intermediate input trade is regarded as an important contributory factor in explaining the increase in world trade in recent years. This timely book presents, for the first time, meticulous empirical analyses of the growth of input trade, and includes detailed studies that capture the main features and characteristics of production networks in East Asia.

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  • David Hummels & Yoko Uchida, 2010. "Vertical Specialization: Some Evidence from East Asia from 1975 to 2000," Chapters, in: Daisuke Hiratsuka & Yoko Uchida (ed.), Input Trade and Production Networks in East Asia, chapter 2, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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