The Flying Geese Paradigm: A critical study of its application to East Asian regional development

Shigehisa Kasahara ()

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Abstract: It is often claimed that what is popularly known as the "flying geese paradigm" of dynamic comparative advantage has accurately depicted the East Asian catching-up process. This paper presents a critical study of the paradigm, as well as its application to the current situation in East Asia economic hierarchy. The paper first presents the various versions of the paradigm, and discusses similarities and differences among them. It then evaluates the application of the paradigm to the East Asian regional development context by identifying major theoretical, conceptual and empirical problems that come with it. It is the author's hope that the arguments presented in this paper will contribute to the further enrichment of future discussions on the East Asian development experience.

Keywords: Flying geese paradigm; East Asia; Catching-up process; product cycle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B29 B31 F14 F15 F21 F23 F42 F43 F59 L69 N15 N65 N75 N85 N95 O14 O19 O25 P45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-04
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