英文摘要 |
This study aims to investigate the intra-industry trade (IIT) development of ten manufacturing industries based on a six-digit HS code between Taiwan and six major trading partners in 1997 to 2006. The investigation conducts four types of G-L index decomposition into Vertical IIT (VIIT) index,Horizontal IIT (HIIT) index, High quality VIIT (HVIIT) index, and Low quality VIIT (LVIIT) index to measure the fragmentation of production, and further determines the correlation of ten manufacturing industries in intra-industry trade. The result shows that Taiwan has a significant increase in IIT volume with China, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. In the recent trading, VIIT represents a great proportion compared with HIIT on IIT. LVIIT has the highest rate out of VIIT among ten manufacturing industries. However, China appears to have a higher HVIIT rate in VIIT. The study concludes that foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in the development of IIT, VIIT, and HIIT. |