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The true meaning of David Ricardo's four magic numbers

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  • Maneschi, Andrea, 2004. "The true meaning of David Ricardo's four magic numbers," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 433-443, March.
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    4. Martin Grančay & Nóra Szikorová, 2012. "David Ricardo, Robert Torrens a autorstvo princípu komparatívnych výhod [David Ricardo, Robert Torrens and the Origins of the Principle of Comparative Advantage]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2012(3), pages 380-394.
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    7. Andrea Maneschi, 2008. "How Would David Ricardo Have Taught the Principle of Comparative Advantage?," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 74(4), pages 1167-1176, April.
    8. Jorge Morales Meoqui, 2014. "Reconciling Ricardo's Comparative Advantage with Smith's Productivity Theory," Economic Thought, World Economics Association, vol. 3(2), pages 1-21, September.
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    10. Taro Hisamatsu, 2016. "Constructing a Myth that Ricardo Was the Father of the Ricardian Model of International Trade: A Reconsideration of Torrens f Principles of Comparative Advantage and Gain-from-trade," Discussion Papers 1630, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University.
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