Stages of diversification: France, 1836–1938

Becuwe, Stéphane; Blancheton, Bertrand; Meissner, Christopher M.

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“…In other words, richer countries tend to concentrate on producing exports. The pattern of the relationship between sectoral export specialization and GDP per capita can be described as a 'Ushaped curve' (Becuwe, Blancheton, and Meissner 2018). That is why we observed that advanced countries, both EU member states and Anglo-Saxon countries, have, on average, a lower export diversification index of 1.91 and 1.93 respectively.…”

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Export diversification, specialisation and inequality: Evidence from Asian and Western countries

Blancheton

Chhorn

2018

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

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This paper examines the dynamic effect of globalization at the disaggregated level of sectoral export diversification and manufacturing specialization on income inequality using a panel data set of 52 Asian and Western countries from 1988 to 2014. The paper uses dynamic panel data models applying the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimations that provide more accurate and better results than those obtained with static panel data models. The results suggest that there is no statistically significant relationship between manufacturing specialization and inequality while sectoral export diversification has been the driving force of inequality. For sub-groups of countries, higher sectoral export diversification increases inequality and higher manufacturing specialization decreases inequality in high-income Asian countries and European Union (EU) member states. Moreover, the study finds insignificant effects in low-income Asian countries and Anglo-Saxon countries.

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Section: Sectoral Export Diversificationmentioning

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Export diversification, specialisation and inequality: Evidence from Asian and Western countries

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Chhorn

2018

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development

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“…More generally it is noticeable that the list of France's major foreign exchange-earning sectors did not differ markedly from one end of the period to the other. In 1913, France's main exporting industries were still those which had become famous under the Second Empire, only their share of total trade had dwindled (Becuwe et al 2015).…”

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“…The decline in textile exports seems to be correlated with the decline in French commercial power -especially its export capacity -in the last third of the 19 th Century, which is a well-established historical fact (see Cameron 1961, Weiller 1971, Levey-Leboyer and Bourguignon 1990, Bairoch 1993, Asselain and Blancheton 2005. Becuwe et al (2015) establish a correlation between the concentration of French exports and the balance of trade. Figure 4 gives details of changes in exports of finished textiles.…”

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French textile specialisation in long run perspective (1836–1938): trade policy as industrial policy

Becuwe

Blancheton

2018

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By using a new database covering French international trade between 1836 and 1938 this paper focuses on the country's specialisation in textiles. It demonstrates, for the first time, the major influence of trade policy on French international trade in textiles during the first globalisation. Tariffs appear to be crucial determinants of specialisation measured by the Lafay Index. Tariffs are also major determinants of intra-industry trade in textiles. By analysing changes in tariffs between raw textiles and finished textiles and decorrelation between tariffs we show that an effective trade protection approach was applied by successive French governments in order to sustain the industrial competitiveness of textiles. Trade policy slowed down textile de-specialisation until WWI.

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“…10 In Lancaster (1980) intra-industry trade grows in response to diversification on the demand side. Becuwe, Blancheton, and Meissner (2018) discuss the diversification of France's exports in this period. 11 Unfortunately sectoral employment data disaggregated at the same level of the trade data is not available for the 1850s and 1860s.…”

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The French (Trade) Revolution of 1860: Intra-Industry Trade and Smooth Adjustment

Becuwe¹,

Blancheton²,

Meissner³

2018

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Previously circulated as "International Competition and Adjustment: Evidence from the First Great Liberalization." Helpful comments from seminar participants at UC Davis and Brian Varian are acknowledged. Yang Gao provided helpful research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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Stages of diversification: France, 1836–1938

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

Export diversification, specialisation and inequality: Evidence from Asian and Western countries

Export diversification, specialisation and inequality: Evidence from Asian and Western countries

French textile specialisation in long run perspective (1836–1938): trade policy as industrial policy

The French (Trade) Revolution of 1860: Intra-Industry Trade and Smooth Adjustment

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