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Divergence, Convergence, and the Gains from Trade

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  • Hymans, Saul H
  • Stafford, Frank P

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This paper is about a country which has enjoyed a comparative advantage in producing some good(s) and suddenly finds its trading partners increasing their productivity in producing precisely those same goods; e.g., the U.S. with its big lead in many kinds of manufacturing production in the 1950s and 1960s, and the rest of the world catching up in the same kinds of goods in the 1970s and 1980s. This is what the paper means by "convergence." We show that such convergence results in an absolute loss of real income and standard of living for the original "leader" country. Copyright 1995 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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  • Hymans, Saul H & Stafford, Frank P, 1995. "Divergence, Convergence, and the Gains from Trade," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 3(1), pages 118-123, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:3:y:1995:i:1:p:118-23
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    1. Levchenko, Andrei A. & Zhang, Jing, 2016. "The evolution of comparative advantage: Measurement and welfare implications," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 96-111.
    2. Gomory, Ralph E. & Baumol, William J., 1997. "Productivity differences, world-market shares and conflicting national interests in linear trade models," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 9(2), pages 123-150, May.
    3. Ralph E. Gomory, 1996. "Panel discussion: inherent conflict in international trade," Conference Series ; [Proceedings], Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, vol. 40(Jun), pages 279-285.
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    6. Guillaume Daudin & Jean-Luc Gaffard & Francesco Saraceno, 2007. "Ordre et désordre dans l'échange international," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03459556, HAL.
    7. Boggio, Luciano, 2009. "Long-run effects of low-wage countries' growing competitiveness and exports of manufactures," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 38-49, March.
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