The geographical and sectoral concentration of global supply chains

Jiménez, Sofía (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Dietzenbacher, Erik ; Duarte, Rosa (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Sánchez-Chóliz, Julio (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Due to international fragmentation, production increasingly occurs in global supply chains (GSC). The common belief is that this leads to more specialization, which implies more concentration of imports and exports over time. In this paper, we empirically test this hypothesis by analysing the geographical and sectoral concentration of GSC over the period 1995–2011. We adapt the traditional Herfindahl’s concentration indexes to a multi-regional input–output framework. Taking the information on intersectoral and interregional linkages into full account gives the concentration indexes of GSC. The indexes are at different aggregation levels, which enables us to examine both geographical and sectoral concentration patterns. After that, we analyse the effect a country’s geographical and sectoral concentration on its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Our findings are: an increase of geographical and sectoral concentration of GSC from 1995 to 2011; a growing role in global production chains played by China and other Asian countries; less concentration for European Union countries; a significant positive effect of geographical concentration on GDP per capita; and a significant negative effect of sectoral concentration.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/17421772.2021.2012584

Año: 2022

Publicado en: SPATIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 17, 3 (2022), 370-394
ISSN: 1742-1772

Factor impacto JCR: 2.3 (2022)

Categ. JCR: ECONOMICS rank: 169 / 380 = 0.445 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 4.9 - Social Sciences (Q1) - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Q1) - Earth and Planetary Sciences (Q2) - Decision Sciences (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.626 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty (Q2) - Geography, Planning and Development (Q2) - Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S40-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCINN/PID2019-106822RB-I00

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)