Classical Ricardian theory of comparative advantage revisited

Review of International Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-234

  Golub, Stephen S ^a   Hsieh, Chang Tai ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC THEORY; TRADE FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034043583     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00217     Document Type: Article

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