| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to investigate the structure and distribution of international trade in high-technology products over the period 1978-1998 with a view to establishing the structure of Japan' s trade specialization among Asian countries and U.S. At the same time in this study, some theoretical framework that can explain the trade in high-technology products is dealt.
The trade performance of Japan with the main trading partners are NIES4(Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong), ASEAN4(Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) , China, and USA. In Addition, the 142 products identified as high -technology products in this study are those defined by the SOEC (the Statistical Office of the European Communities) and the selection of the products is defined according to SITC Rev. 2. And there are two way of classification of the products. The first one is classified according to industry and the second one is according to the three groupings -consumer, capital, intermediate products.
There are two indicators to explain the Japan's trade specialization. The first one is competitiveness indicator and the second is comparative advantage indicator. Trade balance is the indicator of competitiveness, which is measured between countries for each product. Contribution of trade balance is the indicator of comparative advantage, which is measured between products for each country.
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