Specialization and the Volume of Trade: Do the Data Obey the Laws?

Handbook of International Trade

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-118

  Harrigan, James ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative advantage; Neoclassical theory of production; Trade pattern; Trade theory; Traded goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889432025     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756461.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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