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The Cournot-Ricardo Solution under Domestic Free Movement of Labour

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  • Alexandra M. Espinosa

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This paper analyses the properties of the Cournot-Ricardo solution if workers have incentives to move from low to high profit industries. By construction, these movements contribute to the improvement of the competitiveness of countries with free movement of labour, due to the increase in size of industries with a comparative advantage. However, in general, it is not sufficient to guarantee convergence to the Ricardo-Mill solution. In conclusion, under the inter-industry movement of labour, economies are more competitive, but specialisation might not coincide with that predicted by the Ricardo-Mill model.

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  • Alexandra M. Espinosa, 2018. "The Cournot-Ricardo Solution under Domestic Free Movement of Labour," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 295-302, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jincot:v:18:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s10842-017-0258-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10842-017-0258-z
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    Keywords

    Ricardo-Mill; Ricardo-Cournot; Intra-industry; Labour mobility;
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    JEL classification:

    • C62 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers

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