This study examines the evolution of Portuguese exports to Spain and its determinants in the period 2004-2008, based on a sample of the 97 largest exporters to Spain. The econometric study, using panel data and a static and dynamic analysis, considers as theoretically relevant explanatory variables productivity, equity capital, remuneration and innovation measured by the expenditure on research and development ...
Com base nos dados de comércio para os 27 países da União Europeia e para os 10 principais parceiros comerciais no resto do mundo, este trabalho analisa a evolução do comércio intra-sectorial total e por tipos (comércio intra-sectorial horizontal e vertical) na indústria agro-alimentar (IAA) Portuguesa para o período 2000-2008. Utilizando uma desagregação a 5 dígitos da CAE, o estudo analisa os 20 principais do...
This paper provides an empirical test of the SAH (smooth adjustment hypothesis) using the data on Portugal. According to the SAH, intra-industry trade leads to relatively lower adjustment costs in comparison to inter-industry trade. The paper tests the SAH by using a dynamic panel data analysis that takes into account lagged effects of changes in the MIIT (marginal intra-industry trade) index. The regressions u...
This paper uses a static and dynamic panel data approach to test the country specific deter minants of Portuguese intra industry trade (IIT). We include income variables together with sup ply side variables in order to test the demand similarity and factor endowments difference hypothe ses. The results suggest that the Linder hypothesis is confirmed and that differences in income lev els have positive effect on...
Using the World Income Inequality Database and a static and dynamic panel data analysis, this paper analyses the correlation between income inequality in the OECD countries and economic globalization, measured by trade openness and foreign direct investment, for the period 1995-2007. The static analysis, conducted by means of the fixed-effects estimator, suggests that trade openness reduces inequality, whereas ...
This study estimates the effects of the immigration stock, as well as those of immigrants’ characteristics, such as having the same language as that of the host country and the level of qualification or entrepreneurship, on Portuguese intra-industry trade (IIT) by types, controlling for the effects of other socio-economic factors, like economic dimensions, price indexes and distance. In addition to the member-c...
O presente estudo faz a análise dos principais factores explicativos das exportações e da despesa em investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D) das PME´s e das grandes empresas a operar em Portugal, para o período 2004-2008. A partir de uma amostra constituída por 200 PME´s e por 30 grandes empresas exportadoras o estudo utiliza dados de painel e os estimadores de efeitos fixos e efeitos aleatórios para estimar os ef...
This paper studies the extent and determinants of intra-industry trade (IIT) in agricultural products of China for the period 1997-2006. The IIT index shows that the level of IIT in agricultural products between China and its thirteen main trading partners is not high. Using a panel data analysis, the empirical results of determinants of IIT indicate that differences in per-capita income and geographical distan...
This paper studies the extent and determinants of intra-industry trade (IIT) in agricultural products of China for the period 1997-2006. The IIT index shows that the level of IIT in agricultural products between China and its thirteen main trading partners is not high. Using a panel data analysis, the empirical results of determinants of IIT indicate that differences in per-capita income and geographical distan...
Este estudo analisa a evolução das exportações portuguesas para Espanha e os seus factores determinantes no período 2004-2008, tendo por base uma amostra das 97 maiores empresas exportadoras para Espanha. O estudo utiliza vários indicadores económico-financeiros para caracterizar estas empresas e é feita a comparação entre as 5 maiores empresas e 5 pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs) da amostra. A análise evidenc...
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