Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers
Creation-Date: 2004-03-23
Number: 04-034/2
Author-Name: Jeroen Hinloopen
Author-Email: j.hinloopen@uva.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Author-Name: Charles van Marrewijk
Author-Email: vanmarrewijk@few.eur.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Title: Dynamics of Chinese Comparative Advantage
Abstract: We analyze the dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage as measured by export shares and the Balassa index using 3-digit and 4-digit sectors for the period 1970 – 1997. We use novel tools to identify periods of rapid structural change and the persistence of comparative advantage, such as Galtonian regressions, probability-probability (p-p) plots, and the Harmonic Mass index, to supplement the usual descriptive statistical methods and mobility indicators associated with Markov transition matrices.
Classification-JEL: E63; F14; F40; N95; O10; O53; P30; R11
Keywords: Balassa index; distribution dynamics; Galtonian regression; Markov matrices; P-P plots; HM index
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