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An Australian Contribution to International Trade Theory: The Dependent Economy Model

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  • Phillip Edmund Metaxas

    (University of Western Australia)

  • Ernst Juerg Weber

    (University of Western Australia)

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This paper details the origin and development of the dependent economy model. The model is also known as the ‘Australian model’ and the ‘Salter-Swan-Corden-Dornbusch model’, but neither title adequately conveys the scope and sequence of contributions that were instrumental to its development. In particular, attention is given to indispensable contributions made by renowned Australian public servant Sir Roland Wilson and British economist James Meade, which preceded those of Trevor Swan, Wilfred Salter, W. Max Corden and Rudiger Dornbusch. It is shown that Wilson and Meade laid much of the theoretical groundwork ahead of the contributions of Swan, Salter, Corden and Dornbusch. Each contribution is analysed in detail and the model’s development is placed in the broader context of the evolution of balance of payments theory. The paper sheds light on several underappreciated (or perhaps unknown) facets of the model and, principally, highlights a broader Australian contribution to international trade theory inherent in it, namely, the identification of the real exchange rate as the critical relative price in balance of payments adjustment.

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  • Phillip Edmund Metaxas & Ernst Juerg Weber, 2014. "An Australian Contribution to International Trade Theory: The Dependent Economy Model," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 14-02, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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