全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP8725 Moving up the Quality ladder? EU-China Trade Dynamics in Clothing

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP8725
	DP8725 Moving up the Quality ladder? EU-China Trade Dynamics in Clothing
	Hylke Vandenbussche; Francesco Di Comite; Christian Viegelahn; Laura Rovegno
发表日期	2011-12-01
出版年	2011
语种	英语
摘要	We apply a simple method to study the relative quality of Chinese versus European products exported in the clothing sector after the end of the Multi-Fiber Arrangement. Based on the model of Foster et al (2008), we interpret the relative change of export prices and quantities sold in narrowly defined product categories as an indicator of quality shifts. Using UN Comtrade data we find that European varieties exported to the US typically sell for a higher price than identical Chinese varieties exported to the US, but this price gap is narrowing. Despite rising prices, Chinese varieties are gaining market share. This opposite movement of relative prices and quantities sold in the same destination market are a strong indication of China moving up the quality ladder in its clothing exports relative to the EU. While European ?core? products in clothing are stable over time, Chinese exports show strong product dynamics with exit and entry of new ?core? products every year and ?core? products changing rapidly. Both China and the EU export in every product category, resulting in an almost perfect product overlap with almost no products being exported by only one of the two.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Comtrade Product-level exports Quality
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp8725
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537560
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hylke Vandenbussche,Francesco Di Comite,Christian Viegelahn,et al. DP8725 Moving up the Quality ladder? EU-China Trade Dynamics in Clothing. 2011.