Integration, Trade pattern and Intra-Industry Trade in ASEAN
(2005)Department of Economics
- Abstract
- Abstract This thesis examines the impact that AFTA has had on intra-industry trade in different commodity groups and the ASEAN member countries during the years 1993-2002. The frequently used Grubel-Llyod index is employed to estimate the degree of intra-industry trade in this cross-country study, and dynamic effects from integration are evaluated by studies of growth rates in trade and intra-industry trade. Hypotheses are obtained from factors expected to increase the degree of intra-industry trade. The factors are: economies of scale and product differentiation, higher per capita income and similarity in per capita income, larger economic size and similarity in economic size and open trade policy, while intra-industry trade measures... (More)
- Abstract This thesis examines the impact that AFTA has had on intra-industry trade in different commodity groups and the ASEAN member countries during the years 1993-2002. The frequently used Grubel-Llyod index is employed to estimate the degree of intra-industry trade in this cross-country study, and dynamic effects from integration are evaluated by studies of growth rates in trade and intra-industry trade. Hypotheses are obtained from factors expected to increase the degree of intra-industry trade. The factors are: economies of scale and product differentiation, higher per capita income and similarity in per capita income, larger economic size and similarity in economic size and open trade policy, while intra-industry trade measures economic integration within ASEAN in comparison to intra-industry trade with the World. The trade data generally supports the hypotheses, but the intra-industry trade flows indicate that the positive impact from integration within ASEAN is found to be only marginal. (Less)
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- author
- Stålros, Camilla and Ahlström, Isabelle
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- ASEAN, AFTA, free trade area, integration, intra-industry trade, trade, Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy, Nationalekonomi, ekonometri, ekonomisk teori, ekonomiska system, ekonomisk politik
- language
- English
- id
- 1337691
- date added to LUP
- 2005-02-09 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Abstract This thesis examines the impact that AFTA has had on intra-industry trade in different commodity groups and the ASEAN member countries during the years 1993-2002. The frequently used Grubel-Llyod index is employed to estimate the degree of intra-industry trade in this cross-country study, and dynamic effects from integration are evaluated by studies of growth rates in trade and intra-industry trade. Hypotheses are obtained from factors expected to increase the degree of intra-industry trade. The factors are: economies of scale and product differentiation, higher per capita income and similarity in per capita income, larger economic size and similarity in economic size and open trade policy, while intra-industry trade measures economic integration within ASEAN in comparison to intra-industry trade with the World. The trade data generally supports the hypotheses, but the intra-industry trade flows indicate that the positive impact from integration within ASEAN is found to be only marginal.}},
author = {{Stålros, Camilla and Ahlström, Isabelle}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Integration, Trade pattern and Intra-Industry Trade in ASEAN}},
year = {{2005}},
}