%0 Journal Article
%T Vertical and Horizontal Intra-Industry Trade between the U.S. and NAFTA Partners
%A Ekanayake
%A E. M
%A Veeramacheneni
%A Bala
%A Moslares
%A Carlos
%J Revista de an¨¢lisis econ¨®mico
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.4067/S0718-88702009000100002
%X the main objectives of this paper are to (a) explain the extent of vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade in the united state¡¯s foreign trade with the north american free trade area (nafta), and (b) identify the industryspecific determinants of vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade. one of the main findings is that the observed increase in intra-industry trade between the united states and nafta is almost entirely due to two-way trade in vertical differentiation. another important finding is that the share of horizontal intra-industry trade has increased significantly during this period, although vertical intra-industry trade continued to be dominant in the u.s.-nafta iit trade. among the industry-specific variables, product differentiation, vertical product differentiation, and product quality differences are found to have a positive effect on all three types of iit shares. industry concentration and industry size are found to have a negative and statistically significant effect on all three types of iit share.
%K vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade
%K nafta.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-88702009000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en