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Input-output technologies and the effects of tariff reductions
(Elsevier, 1985)
Using input-output (IO) tables from several developed countries (United States, EEC, and Japan) and one developing country (Brazil), we calculate the effects of tariff removal using various combinations of these tables to ...
Weak links in the chain of comparative advantage
(Elsevier, 1979-05)
This paper examines the proposition that trade in many commodities can be explained by a chain of comparative advantage. It is first shown, in a two-country, two-factor model, that trade accords with the ranking of goods ...
An interpretation of the factor content of trade
(Elsevier, 1988-02)
This paper shows that the factor content of trade can be used to indicate effects of trade on relative factor prices. Factor prices in two trading equilibria can be compared by comparing instead their two `equivalent autarky ...
How Robust is Comparative Advantage?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2005-11)
This paper reviews the theoretical development of the concept of comparative advantage, starting with the two-good model of Ricardo and the two-good extension and reinterpretation by Haberler. In both, the presence of ...
Patterns of Trade and Growth across Cones
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-06)
This paper examines the implications of the Heckscher-Ohlin (HO) Model for the patterns of production and trade that will emerge as a country grows. It focuses primarily on world equilibria that include two or more cones ...
Neighborhood effects of developing country protection
(Elsevier, 1986-05)
We examine how protection in LDCs affects welfare in other countries whose economic circumstances are similar. Theoretical analysis suggests the effects may be positive or negative. Analysis of data on protection in nine ...