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The Dynamics of National Specialization

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I explore the dynamics of national production in a two-sector, two country model with cross-sector mobility and forward-looking agents, when trade costs fall or when the news of a boom in a sector is learned. Using the phase diagram method, introduced by Baldwin 1999 in this type of applications, I discover some important and interesting features of the equilibria and of their stability properties, which would have been completely overlooked by the "simple" static model as in Fujita et al. 1999. In particular I find out that, lacking comparative advantage,specialization may not take place at all labor market rigidities are too high, while the existence of comparative advantage ensures full specialization for intermediate values of the trade cost even in the presence of high labor market rigidities.

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  • Giovanni Peri, "undated". "The Dynamics of National Specialization," Working Papers 156, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.
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    1. Peri, Giovanni, 2002. "Globalization, rigidities and national specialization: a dynamic analysis," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 13(2), pages 151-177, June.
    2. Jingjie Chu & Lacey Tudur, 2014. "Looking to Grow Outside the United States," Marine Resource Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 29(4), pages 323-337.
    3. Rosa Caiazza, 2016. "A cross-national analysis of policies affecting innovation diffusion," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 41(6), pages 1406-1419, December.
    4. Nikolay Anguelov, 2017. "Lowering the Marginal Corporate Tax Rate: Why the Debate?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 213-228, June.
    5. Epifani, Paolo, 2005. "Heckscher-Ohlin and agglomeration," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(6), pages 645-657, November.
    6. Chun-Ping Chang & Chien-Chiang Lee & Meng-Chi Hsieh, 2011. "Globalization, Real Output and Multiple Structural Breaks," Global Economic Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 421-444, December.

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