TY  - BOOK
AU  - Volpe Martincus,Christian
AU  - Estevadeordal, Antoni
TI  - Trade policy and specialization in developing countries
SN  - 16102878
AV  - HF135 REV 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Heidelberg
PB  - Springer
KW  - Trade liberalization
KW  - International division of labour
KW  - Manufacturing industries
KW  - 1985-1998
KW  - Latin America
N2  - This paper examines the impact of trade policy on specialization patterns in ten Latin American countries over the period 1985–1998. These countries are natural case studies because in the last decades they implemented comprehensive trade liberalization programs, both generally and preferentially, starting from relatively high tariff protection levels. Our econometric results suggest that reducing own most favored nation tariffs is associated with increasing manufacturing production specialization. Furthermore, we find that preferential trade liberalization and differences in the degree of unilateral openness have resulted in increased dissimilarities in manufacturing production structures across countries. These results are robust across specialization measures and estimation methods
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-009-0014-5
ER  -