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International Supply Chains and Trade Elasticity in Times of Global Crisis

Hubert Escaith Nannette Lindenberg: Sébastien Miroudot 2010

The paper investigates the role of global supply chains in explaining the trade collapse of 2008-2009 and the long-term variations observed in trade elasticity. Building on the empirical results obtained from a subset of input-output matrices and the exploratory analysis of a large and diversified sample of countries, a formal model is specified to measure the respective short-term and long-term dynamics of trade elasticity… more »