Beyond the home market effect: Market size and specialization in a multi-country world

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Behrens, Kristian ^a,e,f,g   Lamorgese, Andrea R ^b   Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P ^c,g,h   Tabuchi, Takatoshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Research Department   (Italy)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f CIRPÉE ^*  (Canada)

^g CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^h FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Home market effect; Hub effect; International trade; Monopolistic competition; Multi country models

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELING; MONOPOLY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 70350336878     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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