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Public infrastructure for production and international trade in a small open economy: a dynamic analysis

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  • Akihiko Yanase

    (Nagoya University)

  • Makoto Tawada

    (Aichi Gakuin University)

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This paper develops a dynamic trade model with a stock of public infrastructure, which has a property of “unpaid factor of production”. We show that a country with a smaller (larger) labor endowment tends to become an exporter of a good whose productivity is more (less) sensitive to the stock of public infrastructure. We also show that after the opening of trade, the labor-scarce country becomes unambiguously better off but the labor-abundant country may become worse off. Overall, these results contrasts with those obtained in the case of public intermediate goods with a “creation of atmosphere” property.

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  • Akihiko Yanase & Makoto Tawada, 2017. "Public infrastructure for production and international trade in a small open economy: a dynamic analysis," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 121(1), pages 51-73, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:121:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s00712-016-0519-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-016-0519-z
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    Keywords

    Semi-public intermediate good; Dynamic Lindahl pricing; Trade patterns; Long-run production possibility frontier; Gains or losses from trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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