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Endogenous vs. exogenous comparative advantage and economies of specialization vs. economies of scale

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  • Xiaokai Yang, 1994. "Endogenous vs. exogenous comparative advantage and economies of specialization vs. economies of scale," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 60(1), pages 29-54, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:60:y:1994:i:1:p:29-54
    DOI: 10.1007/BF01228024
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    3. Xiaokai Yang & Jeff Borland, 2005. "A Microeconomic Mechanism For Economic Growth," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 18, pages 409-436, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    5. Xiaokai Yang & Ian Wills, 2006. "A Model Formalizing The Theory Of Property Rights," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Christis Tombazos & Xiaokai Yang (ed.), Inframarginal Contributions To Development Economics, chapter 14, pages 363-389, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    6. Xiaokai Yang & He-Ling Shi, 2005. "Specialization And Product Diversity," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 12, pages 249-259, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    7. Xiaokai Yang & Yew-Kwang Ng, 2006. "Theory Of The Firm And Structure Of Residual Rights," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Christis Tombazos & Xiaokai Yang (ed.), Inframarginal Contributions To Development Economics, chapter 10, pages 231-258, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    1. Xiaokai Yang & Dingsheng Zhang, 1999. "International Trade and Income Distribution," CID Working Papers 18A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
    2. Jeffrey Sachs & Xiaokai Yang & Dingsheng Zhang, 2005. "Pattern Of Trade And Economic Development In A Model Of Monopolistic Competition," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 10, pages 185-221, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    3. Wen Li Cheng & Meng-Chun Liu & Xiaokai Yang, 2005. "A Ricardian Model With Endogenous Comparative Advantage And Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 7, pages 109-130, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    4. Mei Wen & Stephen P. King, 2006. "Push Or Pull? The Relationship Between Development, Trade And Primary Resource Endowment," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Christis Tombazos & Xiaokai Yang (ed.), Inframarginal Contributions To Development Economics, chapter 20, pages 497-529, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    5. Jeffrey D. Sachs & Xiaokai Yang & Dingsheng Zhang, 1999. "Trade Pattern and Economic Development when Endogenous and Exogenous Comparative Advantages Coexist," CID Working Papers 03A, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
    6. Jeffrey Sachs & Xiaokai Yang & Dingsheng Zhang, 2005. "Globalization, Dual Economy, And Economic Development," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 16, pages 349-382, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    7. Guang-Zhen Sun, 2005. "A Review Of Selected Literature In The Economics Of Division Of Labor From 5th Century To Wwii: Part I," Monash Economics Working Papers 01/05, Monash University, Department of Economics.
    8. Sahoo, Biresh K. & Tone, Kaoru, 2013. "Non-parametric measurement of economies of scale and scope in non-competitive environment with price uncertainty," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 41(1), pages 97-111.
    9. Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, 2006. "The true story of wine and cloth, or: building blocks of an evolutionary political economy of international trade," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 16(4), pages 383-417, October.
    10. Wen Li Cheng & Jeffrey Sachs & Xiaokai Yang, 2005. "An Inframarginal Analysis Of The Ricardian Model," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 6, pages 87-107, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    11. Jeffrey Sachs & Wing Thye Woo & Xiaokai Yang, 2000. "Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition," Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF, vol. 1(2), pages 423-479, November.
    12. Xiaokai Yang & Dingsheng Zhang, 2005. "Endogenous Structure Of The Division Of Labor, Endogenous Trade Policy Regime, And A Dual Structure In Economic Development," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, chapter 17, pages 383-406, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    13. Xiaokai Yang, 2000. "Incomplete Contingent Labor Contract, Asymmetric Residual Rights and Authority, and the Theory of the Firm," CID Working Papers 45, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
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