NAFTA intra-industry trade in agricultural food products

Export Growth of Nafta Members, Intra- Industry Trade and Adjustment

This paper looks at the issue of labour market adjustment in the context of expanded international trade of NAFTA economies both within the region and more generally. The study focuses on the period 1990-1998, a time-frame which covers several years prior to and after the formation of NAFTA. Trade flows of the member countries are analysed using measures of static intra-industry trade (IIT) and...

Country-specific Determinants of Intra Industry Trade Types of Agricultural Sector in Selected Developing Countries

Determinants of Iran’s bilateral intra-industry trade in pharmaceutical industry

Among non-oil exports and in trade arena, drug has always been strategic importance and most government especially industrialized countries pay special attention to its production and trade issues. Thus, having a comprehensive view from economic perspective to this section is essential for suggesting intervention. This was a descriptive-analytical and panel study. In this study, gravity model i...

Intra-Industry Trade in Horizontally and Vertically Differentiated Agri-Food Products between Hungary and the EU

Intra-industry trade in agri-food products between Hungary and the EU is shown to be low and dominated by vertically rather than horizontally differentiated products, suggesting higher economic adjustment costs. Following recent empirical studies, we then test econometrically for the determinants of this trade using different measures of horizontal and vertical trade, and employing an array of ...

Intra-industry Trade in Agri-food Products between Hungary and the Eu

We present an analysis of the intra-industry nature of agri-food trade between Hungary and the European Union, following the Association Agreement signed in 1991. A slight growth in intra-industry trade (IIT) is indicated by the Grubel-Lloyd index. However, it is not uniform by product group or EU member state or over time, reflecting different patterns of bilateral integration and an economic ...