The rise of global value chains (GVCs) has increased competition in global markets
because of the constantly changing critical success factors which result in shifting …

This paper draws upon a critical analysis of the three RCA indexes in Vollrath (1991) to
propose a new class of RCA indexes. The baseline RCA index in this new class rests on the …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify US textile and apparel (TAP) products and
categories that demonstrate export comparative advantage and their respective country …

This paper examines the conceptualization of Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA)
indexes as Contribution-to-the-Trade-Balance (CTB) indexes based on a comparison …

The relationship between international fragmentation of production, trade openness, and
global export performance in the European Union (EU) from 2000 to 2009 is analyzed. As …

The Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) index is an important metric for evaluating
competitiveness of a country in exporting certain commodity. While it is desirable to have a …

Abstract The Balassa Index (BI) is a widely used index for evaluating a country's trade (dis)
advantage or specialization. Unsatisfied with its unstable distribution and poor ordinal …

The literature shows that openness to trade improves long-term growth but also that it may
increase exposure to high output volatility. In this vein, our paper investigates whether …

A new set of tools to measure the time stationarity, shape and ordinal ranking bias of
Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indexes is suggested. The aim is to help select the …

Türkiye'nin rekabet gücü yapısı zamana göre değişmektedir. Karar vericiler için Türkiye'nin
hangi sektörlerde karşılaştırmalı üstünlüğe sahip olduğunun ve ekonomik büyümeyi olumlu …