Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86494 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 04-034/2
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We analyze the dynamics of Chinese comparative advantage as measured by export shares and the Balassa index using 3-digit and 4-digit sectors for the period 1970 – 1997. We use novel tools to identify periods of rapid structural change and the persistence of comparative advantage, such as Galtonian regressions, probability-probability (p-p) plots, and the Harmonic Mass index, to supplement the usual descriptive statistical methods and mobility indicators associated with Markov transition matrices.
Subjects: 
Balassa index
distribution dynamics
Galtonian regression
Markov matrices
P-P plots
HM index
JEL: 
E63
F14
F40
N95
O10
O53
P30
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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