Product quality and the theory of comparative advantage

被引：27

作者：

Copeland, BR

Kotwal, A

机构：

[1] University of British Columbia, Department of Economics, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

来源：

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW | 1996年 / 40卷 / 09期

关键词：

quality; North-South trade; absolute advantage; comparative advantage;

D O I：

10.1016/0014-2921(95)00061-5

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We develop a simple model to investigate the possibility that two countries that differ significantly in income levels may be unable to gain from trading with each other. We consider two countries with identical preferences and different technologies. There are two types of goods: one homogeneous, and one quality-differentiated. We show that if one country has an absolute advantage in both types of goods, then no trade may be possible between the two countries, despite differences in relative autarky prices.

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页码：1745 / 1760

页数：16