Outsourcing of Intermediate Manufacturing Products in Asian Economies

Yushi Yoshida

No 21, Discussion Papers from Kyushu Sangyo University, Faculty of Economics

Abstract: We aim to investigate transition and trend of outsourcing production among Asian Economies. With the use of highly-disaggregated Harmonized System (HS) classification code dataset, we can investigate narrowly-defined intermediate manufacturing products within automobile industry. By calculating unit value of intermediate products, we created the quality rankings of products among these countries. After making clear recent trend for production of intermediate products in Asian countries, we investigate whether these trends are autonomous or Japanese-FDI related. We find investments by automobile suppliers increase automobile component trade in the region.

Keywords: Asian Economies; Automobile Industry; Component Trade; Fragmentation; Outsourcing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F21 L62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2005-12
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