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Overall Specialization Empirics: Techniques and Applications

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Luca De Benedictis ()
Massimo Tamberi ()

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It is customary in the empirical trade literature to analyze specialization patterns of countries using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) measures. This paper explores the informational content of the most commonly used RCA index: the Balassa (1965) Index of RCA.

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Open Economies Review.

Volume (Year): 15 (2004)
Issue (Month): 4 (October)
Pages: 323-346
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  1. Amador, João & Cabral, Sónia & Ramos Maria, José, 2007. "International Trade Patterns over the Last Four Decades: How does Portugal Compare with other Cohesion Countries?," MPRA Paper 5996, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  2. Luca De Benedictis & Marco Gallegati & Massimo Tamberi, . "Overall Specialization and Income: Countries Diversify," Working Papers 73, Sapienza University of Rome, CIDEI. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Michele Di Maio & Federico Tamagni, 2006. "The evolution of world trade and the Italian ‘anomaly': a new look," Working Papers 39-2006, Macerata University, Department of Finance and Economic Sciences, revised Oct 2008. [Downloadable!]
  4. Luca Benedictis & Marco Gallegati & Massimo Tamberi, 2009. "Overall trade specialization and economic development: countries diversify," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer, vol. 145(1), pages 37-55, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Michele Di Maio & Federico Tamagni, 2007. "The Evolution of the World Trade and the Italian ‘Anomaly’: A New Look," Development Working Papers 227, Centro Studi Luca d\'Agliano, University of Milano. [Downloadable!]
  6. Amador, João & Cabral, Sonia & Ramos Maria, Jose, 2007. "Relative Export Structures and Vertical Specialization: A Simple Cross-Country Index," MPRA Paper 6208, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  7. Massimo Tamberi, 2006. "Specialization and Growth Perspectives in the South Mediterranean Area," European Journal of Comparative Economics, Cattaneo University (LIUC), vol. 3(2), pages 289-314, December. [Downloadable!]
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