A Ricardian model with endogenous comparative advantage and endogenous trade policy regimes

Economic Record

Volumn 76, Issue 233, 2000, Pages 172-182

  Cheng, Wen Li ^a   Liu, Meng Chun ^b   Yang, Xiaokai ^b  

^a Law and Economics Consulting Group   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; METHODOLOGY; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 0033939201     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2000.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

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