Producer services, comparative advantage, and international trade patterns

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 195-220

  Van Marrewijk, Charles ^a   Stibora, Joachim ^b   De Vaal, Albert ^c   Viaene, Jean Marie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Heckscher Ohlin model; Monopolistic competition model; Producer services

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; HECKSCHER-OHLIN MODEL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCER SERVICES; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE PATTERN;

EID: 0030770852     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(96)01472-9     Document Type: Article

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