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The gains from external scale economies and comparative advantage

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  • Kwok Tong Soo

    (Lancaster University)

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This note develops a model of inter-personal trade which combines comparative advantage and external scale economies. It is shown that the gains from external scale economies outweigh those from comparative advantage as the population size increases.

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  • Kwok Tong Soo, 2014. "The gains from external scale economies and comparative advantage," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 34(1), pages 84-88.
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    External scale economies; comparative advantage; gains from trade;
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