TRANSFORMATION IN CHINA’S GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS: FACTOR DENSITY AND PRODUCT-BASED APPROACH

Year 2021, Volume: 17 Issue: 1, 1 - 16, 11.05.2021

Birol Erkan

Abstract

China has become an important power in the global context in recent years with the added value it creates in the world. In this perspective, China has been an important economic threat in global markets for all developed and developing countries, particularly the United States and the EU. China, whose exports have grown year by year, also reflects quantitative developments in 

Keywords

Competitiveness, Balassa Index, Vollrath Index, Factor Density, China

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