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A Ricardian Model of New Trade and Location Theory

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  • Luca Antonio Ricci

    (International Monetary Fund)

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This paper provides a new model of firm’s location choices. It integrates a Ricardian model of comparative advantage with the location effects deriving from trade costs, increasing returns to scale, product dif ferentiation, and monopolistic competition. In a two-region, two-differentiated-good, one-factor framework, the regional degree of specialization depends positively on the extent of the comparative advantage in productivity and on the degree of returns to scale; it depends negatively on the magnitude of the trade costs. Hence, the model accommodates high levels of intra-industry trade among countries with similar level of development, as well as high levels of interindustry trade among countries with different technologies.

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  • Luca Antonio Ricci, 1997. "A Ricardian Model of New Trade and Location Theory," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 12, pages 47-61.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:integr:0038
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    9. Ricci, Luca Antonio, 1996. "Geography and comparative advantage," Discussion Papers, Series II 321, University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy".

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    JEL classification:

    • F11 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Neoclassical Models of Trade
    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)

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