Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK and Boston, USA
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Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Review of international economics
8 (2000), S. 0
ISSN:
1467-9396
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Economics
Notes:
In the context of Ethier’s model of the division of labor, this paper accomplishes three tasks. First, it complements existing literature on the algebraic properties of marginal intraindustry trade (MIIT) measures by embedding one of these measures in a general equilbrium model. Consistent with the existing literature, it is found that change in the Grubel–Lloyd index provides systematically different economic information from change in the MIIT index. Second, it examines the connection between intraindustry trade and intra- industry adjustment. Here it is found that the informal assumption that intraindustry trade generates only intraindustry adjustment cannot be sustained. That is, intraindustry trade will generally induce interindustry adjustment. Finally, because intraindustry trade generates interindustry adjustment, increased intraindustry trade will generally induce long-run changes in relative factor prices. This suggests, given the prominence of intraindustry trade in OECD countries, that there may be problems with inference on the link between rade and wages undertaken in a strict Heckscher–Ohlin framework.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9396.00233
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