IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/mes/emfitr/v55y2019i4p950-966.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Product Complexity in International Production Networks: Comparing EU Core and Old and New EU Periphery

Author

Listed:
  • Carmen Díaz-Mora
  • Erena García López

Abstract

This paper focuses on analyzing the complexity level of the basket of parts and components exported by EU countries and how it is related to trade linked to international production networks. Three blocks of EU countries, which enjoy different available comparative advantages, are distinguished (Core, New Periphery, and Old Periphery). Our analysis shows that more than one third of exports of P&Cs are of very high complexity in the three blocks of countries. By estimating a panel data gravity model, we find that the higher the product complexity, the higher the volume of trade linked to international production networks, with the impact larger for EU Core countries that exhibit a wider set of high capabilities.

Suggested Citation

  • Carmen Díaz-Mora & Erena García López, 2019. "Product Complexity in International Production Networks: Comparing EU Core and Old and New EU Periphery," Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(4), pages 950-966, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:55:y:2019:i:4:p:950-966
    DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2018.1443073
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/1540496X.2018.1443073
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1080/1540496X.2018.1443073?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:mes:emfitr:v:55:y:2019:i:4:p:950-966. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/MREE20 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.