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Technological Improvements and Comparative Advantage Reconsidered

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Yochanan Shachmurove () (The City College of The City University of New York and Department of Economics, the University of Pennsylvania)
Uriel Spiegel () (Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University)

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Given a world consisting of two countries, two commodities, and two consumers, this paper analyzes the potential effects of the current global trend of shifting world productions with regards to consumer goods. When technological improvements occur in a developing country, would terms of trade remain favorable for a developed country? Would both countries benefit? Instances where one or both countries benefit are feasible. However the developed country may lose as a result of an improvement in the production of the good that previously had been exported by the developed country.

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Paper provided by Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania in its series PIER Working Paper Archive with number 06-023.

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Date of creation: 01 Sep 2006
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Keywords: International trade; Samuelson; autarky equilibrium; comparative advantage; endowment shock;

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F0 - International Economics - - General
F1 - International Economics - - Trade
O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth
O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change
D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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  1. F. Gerard Adams & Byron Gangnes & Yochanan Shachmurove, 2006. "Why is China so Competitive? Measuring and Explaining China's Competitiveness," The World Economy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 29(2), pages 95-122, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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