Abstract
International Specialization and Structural Change in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1969–1992. — The increasing trade orientation of Swedish manufacturing 1969–1992 was mainly caused by increasing intraindustry specialization with most industries. Intraindustry specialization was found to be related positively to the skill intensity of the industry and negatively to average plant size and the incidence of trade barriers. The paper evaluates the links between specialization and inter-as well as intraindustry structure. It was found that changing patterns of relative international competitiveness among industries accounted for more than half of the total interindustry structural change in employment in 1969–1992. The mean plant size tends to increase with intraindustry specialization.
Zusammenfassung
Internationale Spezialisierung und Strukturwandel in der schwedischen Industrie 1969–1992. — Die verstÄrkte Handelsorientierung der schwedischen gewerblichen Wirtschaft zwischen 1969 und 1992 beruhte auf erhöhter intraindustrieller Spezialisierung in den meisten Industriezweigen. Die intraindustrielle Spezialisierung erwies sich als positiv korreliert mit der Qualifikationshöhe in der Industrie und als negativ korreliert mit der durchschnittlichen Betriebsgrö\e und mit dem Vorhandensein von Handelsschranken. Die Verfasser untersuchen den Zusammenhang zwischen Spezialisierung und der intersowie intraindustriellen Struktur. Es zeigte sich, da\ die VerÄnderungen im Muster der internationalen WettbewerbsfÄhigkeit zwischen den Industrien für mehr als die HÄlfte des gesamten interindustriellen Strukturwandels in der BeschÄftigung zwischen 1969 und 1992 verantwortlich waren. Allerdings erwies sich, da\ die durchschnittliche Betriebsgrö\e mit steigender intraindustrieller Spezialisierung tendenziell zunimmt.
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Fuentes-Godoy, C., Hansson, P. & Lundberg, L. International specialization and structural change in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry, 1969–1992. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 132, 523–543 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02707511
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