Specialization and Adjustment during the Growth of China and India : The Latin American Experience

Specialization and Adjustment during the Growth of China and India : The Latin American Experience

This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of trade specialization in Latin American economies. The authors construct Vollrath's measure of revealed comparative advantage by...

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Main Authors:	Lederman, Daniel, Olarreaga, Marcelo, Rubiano, Eliana
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE ADVERSE EFFECT AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPAREL MANUFACTURE BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARKS BILATERAL TRADE CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES EQUIPMENT EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PROSPECTS EXPORT SHARES EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FISHERIES FOOD PRODUCTION FOREIGN TRADE GAS GDP GLOBAL INTEGRATION GLOBAL SHOCKS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IMPORTS INDUSTRY TRADE INEQUALITY INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRON LATIN AMERICAN LIVESTOCK MARKET SHARE METAL PRODUCTS NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL_ RESOURCES NET EXPORTS PATTERNS OF TRADE PETROLEUM REFINERIES PRODUCT MARKETS PROTECTIONIST SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIFIC_ KNOWLEDGE SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL CHANGE TERMS OF TRADE TEXTILES TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE DATA TRADE INTENSITY TRADE PATTERN TRADE PATTERNS TRADE STRUCTURE TRADE VALUE TRADE VALUES UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS VALUE _ ADDED VALUE ADDED WAGES WOOD WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8091802/specialization-adjustment-during-growth-china-india-latin-american-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7262

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/08/8091802/specialization-adjustment-during-growth-china-india-latin-american-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7262

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