Intraindustrial Commerce Colombia-United States: Highly Technological Assets Case

Cuadernos de Economía, Vol. 30, No. 54, p. 83, 2011

22 Pages Posted: 21 Sep 2011

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Carolina Caicedo

Universidad ICESI - Economics & Management

Jhon James Mora

Universidad Icesi; Universidad ICESI; Universidad ICESI - Economics & Management

Date Written: June 30, 2011

Abstract

This paper provides a review of intra-industry trade between the United States and Colombia from 1995 to 2005, based on data from the BACI (Base pour l’Analyse du Commerce International or Database for International Trade Analysis). During this period of time, intra-industry trade accounted for 9% of the goods traded with the United States; and, judging from the product categories under the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), a portion of these were high-technology products. The intra-industry trade index went up from 6 in 1995 to 23 in 2005. The results of multimodality tests revealed that the G&L index has more than one mode. Given the existence of economies of scale in technologically sophisticated sectors, and hands-on learning, this result could be due either to segmented markets or to multiple equilibria.

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Keywords: Intra-industry Trade, Trade Policy, Kernel Distribution, Bimodality Test

JEL Classification: C14, O57, F10, F14, F15

Suggested Citation

Caicedo, Carolina and Mora Rodriguez, Jhon James and Mora Rodriguez, Jhon James and Mora Rodriguez, Jhon James, Intraindustrial Commerce Colombia-United States: Highly Technological Assets Case (June 30, 2011). Cuadernos de Economía, Vol. 30, No. 54, p. 83, 2011, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1931062

Carolina Caicedo (Contact Author)

Universidad ICESI - Economics & Management ( email )

Cali
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Jhon James Mora Rodriguez

Universidad ICESI ( email )

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Colombia
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HOME PAGE: http://www.icesi.edu.co/~jjmora/

Universidad ICESI - Economics & Management ( email )

Cali
Colombia

Universidad Icesi ( email )

Calle 18 #122-135
A.A. 25608
Cali
Colombia
5552334 ext 419 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.icesi.edu.co/~jjmora/

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