Can variation in public policies account for differences in comparative advantage?

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Allen, Matthew ^a   Funk, Lothar ^b   Tüselmann, Heinz ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC POLICY; OECD;

EID: 33749165118     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X06000420     Document Type: Article

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