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Intra-Industry Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantage: An Inverted-U Relationship

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  • Horácio Faustino

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This paper investigates the relationship between all types of intra-industry trade (IIT) and comparative advantage. The paper finds strong evidence of an inverted-U relationship.The results also suggest that relative autarky costs is a common determinant for any type of IIT, which contradicts the prediction made by theory for separating the determinants of horizontal and vertical IIT.

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  • Horácio Faustino, 2008. "Intra-Industry Trade and Revealed Comparative Advantage: An Inverted-U Relationship," Working Papers Department of Economics 2008/03, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Universidade de Lisboa.
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • C0 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General
    • C2 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables

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