International Trade and Shift-Share Analysis: A Specification Note

Abstract

As part of the focus on estimating the links between regional economies and the global economy through international trade, the authors have examined some of the recent strategies. These approaches and extensions of a prior model are of great value, and in this vein, we support these approaches. As a complement to the Noponen, Markusen, and Driessen (1997) Economic Development Quarterly article, we have suggested some essential but minor modifications.