Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation

This paper provides up-to-date characterization of the association between trade and GDP comovement -- also called the trade comovement slope -- for 150 countries from 1962 to 2011. The paper shows that trade is significantly linked to more GDP cor...

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Main Authors: de Soyres, Francois, Gaillard, Alexandre
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291361576685759900/Trade-Global-Value-Chains-and-GDP-Comovemement-An-Empirical-Investigation
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spelling okr-10986-330602022-09-20T00:15:08Z Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation de Soyres, Francois Gaillard, Alexandre TRADE POLICY GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN TRADE CO-MOVEMENT SLOPE GLOBALIZATION FINANCIAL INTEGRATION SYNCHRONIZATION This paper provides up-to-date characterization of the association between trade and GDP comovement -- also called the trade comovement slope -- for 150 countries from 1962 to 2011. The paper shows that trade is significantly linked to more GDP correlation, either directly through bilateral trade, or indirectly when two countries trade with similar partners. This trade network effect is strong for countries in all income groups and provides an additional channel through which GDP fluctuations propagate through trade linkages. It also shows that countries of all income groups become more synchronized with high income countries when the content of their trade is more tilted towards inputs as opposed to final goods. Related to this point, the paper also uncovers a strong link between the stickiness of trade relationships and the extent to which countries experience synchronized GDP comovement. The results are robust to a wide range of different measures, to the inclusion of many fixed effects, changes in the sectoral composition of GDP, financial controls capturing crosscountry investments as well as bilateral financial claims. 2019-12-19T17:48:54Z 2019-12-19T17:48:54Z 2019-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291361576685759900/Trade-Global-Value-Chains-and-GDP-Comovemement-An-Empirical-Investigation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33060 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9091 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic TRADE POLICY
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
TRADE CO-MOVEMENT SLOPE
GLOBALIZATION
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
SYNCHRONIZATION
spellingShingle TRADE POLICY
GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN
TRADE CO-MOVEMENT SLOPE
GLOBALIZATION
FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
SYNCHRONIZATION
de Soyres, Francois
Gaillard, Alexandre
Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9091
description This paper provides up-to-date characterization of the association between trade and GDP comovement -- also called the trade comovement slope -- for 150 countries from 1962 to 2011. The paper shows that trade is significantly linked to more GDP correlation, either directly through bilateral trade, or indirectly when two countries trade with similar partners. This trade network effect is strong for countries in all income groups and provides an additional channel through which GDP fluctuations propagate through trade linkages. It also shows that countries of all income groups become more synchronized with high income countries when the content of their trade is more tilted towards inputs as opposed to final goods. Related to this point, the paper also uncovers a strong link between the stickiness of trade relationships and the extent to which countries experience synchronized GDP comovement. The results are robust to a wide range of different measures, to the inclusion of many fixed effects, changes in the sectoral composition of GDP, financial controls capturing crosscountry investments as well as bilateral financial claims.
format Working Paper
author de Soyres, Francois
Gaillard, Alexandre
author_facet de Soyres, Francois
Gaillard, Alexandre
author_sort de Soyres, Francois
title Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
title_short Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
title_full Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
title_fullStr Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
title_full_unstemmed Trade, Global Value Chains and GDP Co-Movement : An Empirical Investigation
title_sort trade, global value chains and gdp co-movement : an empirical investigation
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/291361576685759900/Trade-Global-Value-Chains-and-GDP-Comovemement-An-Empirical-Investigation
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