Input trade and production networks in East Asia

Intermediate input trade is regarded as an important contributory factor in explaining the increase in world trade in recent years. This timely book presents, for the first time, meticulous empirical analyses of the growth of input trade, and includes detailed studies that capture the main features...

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Main Author: Hiratsuka, Daisuke
Corporate Author: Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Other Authors: Uchida, Yōko
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar c2010
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Summary:Intermediate input trade is regarded as an important contributory factor in explaining the increase in world trade in recent years. This timely book presents, for the first time, meticulous empirical analyses of the growth of input trade, and includes detailed studies that capture the main features and characteristics of production networks in East Asia
1. The development of input trade and production networks in east Asia / Daisuke Hiratsuka and Yoko Uchida -- 2. Vertical Specialization : some evidence from east Asia from 1975 to 2000 / David Hummels and Yoko Uchida -- 3. Some evidence on the nature and growth of input trade / David Hummels and Laura Puzzello -- 4. Characteristics and determinants of east Asia's trade patterns / Daisuke Hiratsuka -- 5. Japan's parts and components exports and complementarity with foreign investment / Kazuhiko Yokota -- 6. Complex FDI in Japanese multinationals / Kazunobu Hayakawa and Toshiyuki Matsuura -- 7. Production networks in east Asia : evidence from a survey of Japanese firms / Hiromichi Ozeki -- 8. The spatial structure of production/distribution networks and its implication for technology transfers and spillovers / Fukunari Kimura -- 9. International fragmentation in Laos : patterns, progress and prospects / Keola Souknilanh
Physical Description:x, 208 p ill
ISBN:1849800693
9781849800693
9781849806787