Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/229165 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 2174
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This article introduces a new econometric model that includes an innovative measure of intersectoral structural change. This model describes the structural convergence (or divergence) of sector share patterns across countries (from the North-South or global perspective) influenced by international trade. The econometric analysis applies panel data estimators with different types of fixed effects to the 2013 and 2016 releases of the World Input-Output Database (WIOD), covering the periods 1995-2009 and 2000-2014. The results show that international trade promotes structural convergence, which is enhanced by sectoral capital intensities. It seems, however, that in this millennium, structural divergence has been fostered by trade-induced specialization in CO2-intensive production.
Subjects: 
structural change
international trade
CO2 emissions
macro-econometrics
panel data
WIOD
JEL: 
C51
F14
F18
O11
O44
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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