Changing Pattern and Relation with Technological Level of the Korean and Japanese Export Competitiveness

IF 1 Q3 ECONOMICS
Yongyul Kim
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The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically whether export competitiveness of Korea and Japan has changed since 1990s. Unlike existing literature, we tried to grasp changing patterns of export competitiveness by new methodology such as belonging quadrant and moving direction, rather than simply showing its trend or comparison classified by industry. And we categorized 48 sectors into some technological levelsThe purpose of this paper is to explore empirically whether export competitiveness of Korea and Japan has changed since 1990s. Unlike existing literature, we tried to grasp changing patterns of export competitiveness by new methodology such as belonging quadrant and moving direction, rather than simply showing its trend or comparison classified by industry. And we categorized 48 sectors into some technological levels, then analyzed how the change of export competitiveness is distributed by each technological level. When seeing 'revealed comparative advantage' and 'trade specification index', we found considerable changes in export competitiveness. Competitiveness of Korea has rapidly improved while that of Japan has been continuously decreasing. Especially the gap of competitiveness between Korea and Japan has largely reduced around the midterm of 2000s. Shrinking of the gap in export competitiveness has begun from the latter half of 1990s and first half of 2000s. Change of export competitiveness shows different trend by technology level. Korea has gained more competitiveness than Japan in high and middle level of technology. Korea shows upward tendency of competitiveness in mid and high technology, while Japan in low technology. Competitiveness gap between Korea and Japan is rapidly decreasing since the late 1990s, and curtailment of the gap is mainly happening in the high level of technological capabilities.
韩国和日本出口竞争力的变化规律及其与技术水平的关系
本文旨在实证探讨韩国和日本的出口竞争力自20世纪90年代以来是否发生了变化。与现有文献不同,我们试图通过归属象限和移动方向等新的方法来把握出口竞争力的变化模式,而不是简单地显示其趋势或按行业分类的比较。并将48个行业划分为不同的技术水平。本文的目的是实证探讨韩国和日本的出口竞争力自20世纪90年代以来是否发生了变化。与现有文献不同,我们试图通过归属象限和移动方向等新的方法来把握出口竞争力的变化模式,而不是简单地显示其趋势或按行业分类的比较。并将48个行业划分为不同的技术水平,分析了各技术水平下出口竞争力变化的分布规律。当考察“显性比较优势”和“贸易规格指数”时,我们发现出口竞争力发生了相当大的变化。韩国的竞争力迅速提高,而日本的竞争力却持续下降。特别是在2000年中期前后,韩国和日本之间的竞争力差距大幅缩小。出口竞争力差距的缩小是从20世纪90年代后半期和21世纪初开始的。不同技术水平的出口竞争力变化呈现出不同的趋势。在中高技术领域,韩国比日本更具竞争力。韩国在中高技术领域的竞争力呈上升趋势,而日本在低技术领域的竞争力呈上升趋势。自20世纪90年代末以来,韩日之间的竞争力差距正在迅速缩小,缩小差距的主要是在高水平技术能力方面。
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