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On Gravity, Specialization and Intra‐industry Trade

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  • E. Young Song

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This paper derives the necessary and sufficient condition for the simple gravity equation to hold: the market share of an exporting country is constant across all importing countries. Specialization is just one example satisfying this condition. It holds in a variety of situations where multiple producers compete with a homogeneous good.Further, this paper shows that the ratio of bilateral trade to the product of partner incomes is increasing in the extent of specialization and in the intensity of intra-industry trade. Since the relationship is not model-specific, the correlations among these variables do not support any specific model.

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Volume (Year): 19 (2011)
Issue (Month): 3 (08)
Pages: 494-508

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Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:19:y:2011:i:3:p:494-508
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  • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
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Cited by:

  1. Song, E. Young & Zhao , Chen, 2012. "Does Specialization Matter for Trade Imbalance at Industry Level?," East Asian Economic Review, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, vol. 16(3), pages 227-247, September.

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