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Overall Specialization Empirics: Techniques and Applications

Open Economies Review, vol.15, n.4, Oct. 2004

Posted: 25 Jan 2014

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Luca De Benedictis

University of Macerata; Luiss University

Massimo Tamberi

Polytechnic University of Marche - Faculty of Economics

Date Written: October 1, 2004

Abstract

It is customary in the empirical trade literature to analyze specialization patterns of countries using Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) measures. This paper explores the informational content of the most commonly used RCA index: the Balassa (1965) Index of RCA.

After describing the properties of the Balassa Index, we propose a research strategy based on descriptive statistics, kernel density estimation, concentration and Markov stationarity methods in order to analyze the dynamics of overall specialization.

Keywords: International Trade, Specialization, Revealed Comparative Advantage, Balassa Index, Nonparametrics

JEL Classification: C10, C14, F14

Suggested Citation

De Benedictis, Luca and Tamberi, Massimo, Overall Specialization Empirics: Techniques and Applications (October 1, 2004). Open Economies Review, vol.15, n.4, Oct. 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=541262

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