What goods do countries trade? A quantitative exploration of Ricardo's ideas

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 581-608

  Costinot, Arnaud ^a   Donaldson, Dave ^a   Komunjer, Ivana ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity pattern of trade; Comparative advantage; Productivity; Ricardian model

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; ECONOMIC THEORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84860505378     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdr033     Document Type: Article

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