Firm heterogeneity and ricardian comparative advantage within and across sectors

Economic Theory

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-559

  Okubo, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Heterogeneous firms; Home market effect; Intra industry trade; Trade liberalisation; Wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149339990     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-007-0324-6     Document Type: Article

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