Fukao, Kyoji; Ishido, Hikari; Ito, Keiko - Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University - 2003
this paper, we set out to measure and examine vertical intra-industry trade patterns in the East Asian region and compare …-greater complexity: Though inter-industry trade still accounts for the majority, its share in overall trade is declining. Instead, intra-industry … trade (IIT), which can be further divided into horizontal IIT (HIIT) and vertical IIT (VIIT), is growing in importance. In …