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Author: | Antweiler, W. Trefler, D. |
Title: | Increasing returns and all that: a view from trade |
Journal: | American Economic Review
2002 : MAR, VOL. 92:1, p. 93-119 |
Index terms: | ECONOMIES OF SCALE INTERNATIONAL TRADE RETURN ON INVESTMENT |
Freeterms: | TRADE FLOWS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | Do scale economies help to explain international trade flows? Using a large database on output, trade flows, and factor endowments, the authors find that allowing for the presence of increasing returns to scale in production significantly increases our ability to predict international trade flows. |
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