Supply Pressure and the Export-Import Performance in the Japan-U.S. Bilateral Trade

The paper examines the effects of the supply pressure of the exports in the Japan-U.S. bilateral trade. A simultaneous equation approach with a Almon lag structure is adopted. Two factors of supply pressure, id est, full-employment capacity and inventory are specified, and positively-sloped export s...

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Main Author: Onitsuka, Yusuke
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1994
Series:IMF Working Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The paper examines the effects of the supply pressure of the exports in the Japan-U.S. bilateral trade. A simultaneous equation approach with a Almon lag structure is adopted. Two factors of supply pressure, id est, full-employment capacity and inventory are specified, and positively-sloped export supply functions with these two shift factors are successfully estimated. While capacity is positively correlated with exports, the inventory is often negatively correlated. It is also shown that export supply pressure is much stronger in Japan's exports than in the U.S. exports, and that supply pressure often affects exports with a lag structure spreading over twelve quarters
Physical Description:22 pages
ISBN:9781451847321