Industrial Upgrading in a Multiple-cone Heckscher-Ohlin Model: The Flying Geese Patterns of Industrial Development

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Abstract

This paper examines empirically how the multiple-cone version of the Heckscher-Ohlin (HO) model fits the "flying geese" patterns of industrial development: a series of industries appear, prosper, then decline and finally disappear one after another. Using Japanese manufacturing data from 1975 to 2006, the analysis shows that the multiple-cone model fits well with the flying geese patterns of Japanese industrial development. The result suggests that part of the industrial upgrading can be explained by the multiple-cone HO model. This also implies that an underlying mechanism of macroeconomic growth is industrial upgrading, part of which can be attributed to capital accumulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)177-193
Number of pages17
JournalReview of Development Economics
Volume18
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014 Feb

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Development

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