TY - GEN AU - Forstner, Helmut AU - Ballance, Robert TI - Competing in a global economy: an empirical study on specialization and trade in manufacture SN - 0-04-445619-0 PB - Unwin Hyman KW - TRADE KW - MANUFACTURING KW - ECONOMETRIC MODELS KW - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS N2 - Examines the determinants of specialization and trade employing known econometric tools. The Heckscher-ohlin approach is in many instances used as the framework for analysis. The main implications are presented in three parts in the final chapter and deals with patterns of specification and trade in the manufacturing sector in its entirety, in specific industries and among products within an industry ER -