Measuring the competitive threat from China for other southern exporters

Jenkins, Rhys (2008) Measuring the competitive threat from China for other southern exporters. World Economy, 31 (10). pp. 1351-1366. ISSN 1467-9701

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Abstract

In recent years there has been a growing literature which analyses the threat which Chinese exports pose to the exports of other developing countries. This paper provides a critique of the standard measures of export similarity which have been used to estimate the threat from China in these studies. Two alternative indices, the Static and the Dynamic Index of Competitive Threat, are developed and estimated for 18 developing countries and compared with estimates for the standard measures. It is shown that the latter tend to underestimate the extent to which countries are threatened by China. They also distort both the rankings of countries according to the extent to which they face competition from China and the direction of change in the competitive threat over time.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Globalisation and CSR
Depositing User:	Abigail Dalgleish
Date Deposited:	22 Feb 2011 16:53
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/24543
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9701.2008.01132.x

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