TY - JOUR
T1 - On the measurement of differences in the commodity composition of imports or exports
AU - Silber, Jacques
PY - 1991/9
Y1 - 1991/9
N2 - Following earlier reservations concerning the use of Glejser et al.'s index, this paper has attempted to show that Glejser et al.'s basic ideas concerning the measurement of the extent of specialization in imports and exports did not depend on the use of a specific index. Any measure of the inequality of the ratios (M i/Mgi) defined earlier (and similarly for exports) could, in fact, be used. The empirical section of this paper, which looked at the commodity composition of the exports and imports of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, before and after they joined the EEC, confirmed that there was a positive correlation between the various indices proposed.
AB - Following earlier reservations concerning the use of Glejser et al.'s index, this paper has attempted to show that Glejser et al.'s basic ideas concerning the measurement of the extent of specialization in imports and exports did not depend on the use of a specific index. Any measure of the inequality of the ratios (M i/Mgi) defined earlier (and similarly for exports) could, in fact, be used. The empirical section of this paper, which looked at the commodity composition of the exports and imports of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, before and after they joined the EEC, confirmed that there was a positive correlation between the various indices proposed.
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U2 - 10.1007/bf02707738
DO - 10.1007/bf02707738
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AN - SCOPUS:51649150402
SN - 0043-2636
VL - 127
SP - 594
EP - 603
JO - Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
JF - Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv
IS - 3
ER -