An inframarginal analysis of the Ricardian model

Review of International Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-220

  Cheng, Wenli ^a   Sachs, Jeffrey ^b   Yang, Xiaokai ^c  

^a Navigant Consulting Inc   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC THEORY; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 0034082982     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00216     Document Type: Article

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