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On the Measurement of Changes in Product Quality in Marginal Intra-Industry Trade

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  • Abdul K. M. Azhar
  • Robert J. R. Elliott

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There is a long established thread of the international trade literature concerned with the measurement of intra-industry trade (IIT). Two distinct strands of the literature have developed: First, measures of marginal IIT that are concerned with the adjustment implications of volume-based changes in IIT; second, measures of vertical and horizontal IIT that are concerned with quality-based differences in IIT. This paper marries the two literatures to provide a new perspective on the smooth adjustment hypothesis debate and suggests the use of the marginal product quality index, a new measure of changes in quality in matched trade changes that complements dynamic measures of volume-based IIT.

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Volume (Year): 144 (2008)
Issue (Month): 2 (July)
Pages: 225-247

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Handle: RePEc:spr:weltar:v:144:y:2008:i:2:p:225-247

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Keywords: Intra-industry trade; adjustment costs; quality; product differentiation;

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  1. Abdul Azhar & Robert Elliott, 2011. "A Measure of Trade Induced Adjustment in Volume and Quality Space," Open Economies Review, Springer, vol. 22(5), pages 955-968, November.
  2. Ufuk Gunes Bebek, 2011. "Robustness of the Proposed Measures of Revealed Comparative Advantage," Studies in Economics 1121, Department of Economics, University of Kent.

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