Sino-Japan political relation and bilateral trade – a cross-quantilogram approach

ABSTRACT

This study examines the interactions between Sino-Japan political relation and bilateral trade through the cross-quantilogram methodology. The results show that the directional prediction between exports (imports) and political relation is quantile-varied. Comparing to China’s exports to Japan, more evidence supports the prediction between imports and political relation.

KEYWORDS:

• Sino-Japan political relation
• trade
• cross-quantilogram
• quantiles

JEL CLASSIFICATION:

• C32
• F14
• F51

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Supplementary material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2334437