Download or read book Changing Trade Patterns in Manufactured Goods: An Econometric Investigation written by B. Balassa and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the changing pattern of trade in manufactured goods by the use of econometric techniques. The method of investigation employed is cross-section analysis of data for thirty-eight developed and developing countries, for each of which manufactured goods accounted for at least 18 percent of total exports and surpassed $300 million in 1979. The results may further be interpreted in terms of the changes that occur in the pattern of specialization in the process of economic development.