Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/179356 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
WTO Staff Working Paper No. ERSD-2018-05
Publisher: 
World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva
Abstract: 
This paper studies the factors of comparative advantage within global value chains relying on a framework where comparative advantage is measured through the interaction of country and industry characteristics. We find that good institutions give a comparative advantage in the later stages of the production process, whereas good transport infrastructure gives an advantage in the early stages of production. We explain these results with a simple theoretical framework that shows how predicted patterns of specializations depend on whether trade costs are additive or multiplicative.
Subjects: 
global value chains
quality of transport infrastructure
quality of institutions
comparative advantage
upstreamness
production networks
trade costs
JEL: 
F13
F14
L60
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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