On some effects of international fragmentation of production on comparative advantages, trade flows and the income of countries

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1726-1769

  Baldone, Salvatore ^a   Sdogati, Fabio ^a   Tajoli, Lucia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; TRADE FLOW;

EID: 35748938466     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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