Global value chains and trade elasticities

Byron Gangnes (), Alyson C. Ma and Ari Van Assche

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 3, 482-486

Abstract: We investigate whether global value chains have increased the sensitivity of Chinese trade to foreign income shocks. This may occur through either composition or supply chain effects. We find evidence for the former, but not the latter.

Keywords: Global value chains; Trade elasticities; Supply chain effect; Composition effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.018

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