Trade bloc formation in inter-war Japan. A gravity model analysis

Toshihiro Okubo

doi:10.1016/j.jjie.2006.01.001

Trade bloc formation in inter-war Japan. A gravity model analysis

Toshihiro Okubo

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the trading system in the inter-war period concerning the Japanese Empire by means of border effect analysis in the gravity model. The results show sizeable and steadily increasing trading bloc border effects from the 1910s through the 1930s. This sizeable border effect might have resulted from many possible factors: trade diversion and creation due to increased protectionism and industrialisation in Korea and Formosa, certain political factors, and Japanese migration to Korea and Formosa, which contributed to a 52% increase of bloc border effects in mainland Japan. J. Japanese Int. Economies 21 (2) (2007) 214-236.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214-236
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of The Japanese and International Economies
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2006.01.001
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bloc border effect
Gravity model
Migration
Trade blocs
Trade diversion and creation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations

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