The persistent heterogeneity of trade patterns: A comparison of four European Automotive Global Production Networks

Vincent Frigant and Martin Zumpe

Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) from Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA)

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the structure and the evolution of international exchanges of auto parts over the 2000-2012 period for four European countries. The first part of our study reviews the literature and points out four stylized facts about the geography of automotive supply networks. In section 2 we propose an analysis of the organisation of automotive supply chains based on the global production networks framework. We give details about this approach by stating the nature of trade flows that occur in these networks, and by highlighting the importance of intra-firms flows. In the third part, we compare the structure of external GPNs of German, Spanish, British and French automotive firms located in these countries. On the basis of Chelem data about auto parts exchanges, we examine in a comparative way the evolution of intra-continental and intercontinental flows. Our results highlight the heterogeneity of situations and of trajectories in the different countries.

Keywords: Global Production Networks; Automotive industry; International Comparison; Auto-parts industry; Regional integration; Globalisation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 F23 L62 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: The persistent heterogeneity of trade patterns: A comparison of four European Automotive Global Production Networks (2015)
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