Economic integration and the evolution of trade: a geometric interpretation of trade measures

• Main Authors: Abdul Karim, Mohd Azhar, Elliott, Robert J. R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Center for International Economics, Sejong Institution 2004
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14188/1/Economic%20integration%20and%20the%20evolution%20of%20trade%20a%20geometric%20interpretation%20of%20trade%20measures.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14188/; https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/23000716.pdf?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

The increase in global trade and the ongoing erosion of trade barriers makes the analysis of trade patterns one of the key areas in international economics. Much of the post-war expansion of trade took the form of intra-industry trade (IIT). This paper presents a simple geometric tool to analyse tra...