Give Credit Where Credit is Due: Tracing Value Added in Global Production Chains

58 Pages Posted: 4 Oct 2010 Last revised: 21 May 2023

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Robert Koopman

U.S. International Trade Commission

William M. Powers

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Zhi Wang

U.S. International Trade Commission

Shang-Jin Wei

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: September 2010

Abstract

This paper provides both a conceptual framework for decomposing a country's gross exports into value-added components by source and a new bilateral database on value-added trade. Our parsimonious framework integrates all previous measures of vertical specialization and value-added trade in the literature. To illustrate the potential of the decomposition, we present a number of applications including re-computing revealed comparative advantages and constructing an index to describe whether a country-sector is likely in the upstream or downstream of global production chains.

Suggested Citation

Koopman, Robert and Powers, William M. and Wang, Zhi and Wei, Shang-Jin, Give Credit Where Credit is Due: Tracing Value Added in Global Production Chains (September 2010). NBER Working Paper No. w16426, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1685731

Robert Koopman (Contact Author)

U.S. International Trade Commission ( email )

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William M. Powers

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

Zhi Wang

U.S. International Trade Commission ( email )

500 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20436
United States

Shang-Jin Wei

Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance ( email )

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New York, NY 10027
United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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United States

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

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