Uncovering Value Added In Trade: New Approaches To Analyzing Global Value Chains

by Yuqing Xing

Overview

Value chain trade has challenged economic implications of conventional trade statistics and transformed bilateral trade relationships into multilaterals. Conventional trade statistics exaggerate trade volumes and bilateral trade imbalances. It is imperative to measure trade in value-added and examine trade relations in the context of global value chains. This book is a collection of research papers on new approaches to measure trade in value added and the role of global value chains in modern international trade. It introduces the input output method for measuring trade and a direct approach for measuring the domestic value added of the People's Republic of China — the center of global assembly. In addition, it shows how to analyze trade relations in the context of global value chains.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814656351
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/11/2015
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)