TY - JOUR ID - 132914 TI - Trade Intensity and Revealed Comparative Advantage: An Empirical Analysis of Trade between China and Bangladesh JO - International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics JA - IJMAE LA - en SN - AU - Hossain, Md Ekram AU - Dechun, Huang AU - Zhang, Changzheng AU - Ali, Mohammad AD - Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing, China AD - Department of International Education, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanjing, China Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 8 IS - 5 SP - 320 EP - 342 KW - Trade Intensity KW - Comparative Advantage KW - Bilateral trade KW - Bangladesh KW - China DO - 10.5281/zenodo.5065332 N2 - This paper examines the intensity of trade between Bangladesh and China along with analyzing sector level comparative advantage of 16 export sectors of Bangladesh and China in bilateral trade. The Trade Intensity and Balassa Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indices of the 20 export sectors of Bangladesh and China are examined from 1995 to 2019 to achieve the research objectives. Bangladesh's trade strength with China shows that the country has a lot of space to expand its trade with China. The revealed comparative advantage analysis of 20 exports sector of Bangladesh and China exhibits that among those 20 sectors, Bangladesh reveals high comparative advantage over 5 sectors, moderate over 4 sectors, and comparative disadvantage over 11sectors of its export to China. Moreover, China reveals moderate comparative advantage over 8 sectors and comparative disadvantage over 12 sectors of its export to Bangladesh. Based on the empirical analysis and the literature, recommendations are addressed to improve the export sectors of Bangladesh. UR - https://www.ijmae.com/article_132914.html L1 - https://www.ijmae.com/article_132914_688de11f22284ceb736aedcfd74f8972.pdf ER -