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Dynamics of Chinese Comparative Advantage

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Jeroen Hinloopen () (Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Charles van Marrewijk () (Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)

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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.

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Keywords: Balassa index; distribution dynamics; Galtonian regression; Markov matrices; P-P plots; HM index;

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