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Comparative advantage and heterogeneous firms

Bernard, Andrew B., Redding, Stephen and Schott, Peter K. (2004) Comparative advantage and heterogeneous firms. . Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Poltical Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper presents a model of international trade that features heterogeneous firms, relative endowment differences across countries, and consumer taste for variety. The paper demonstrates that firm reactions to trade liberalization generate endogenous Ricardian productivity responses at the industry level that magnify countries’ comparative advantage. Focusing on the wide range of firmlevel reactions to falling trade costs, the model also shows that, as trade costs fall, firms in comparative advantage industries are more likely to export, that relative firm size and the relative number of firms increases more in comparative advantage industries and that job turnover is higher in comparative advantage industries than in comparative disadvantage industries.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/
Additional Information: © 2004 Bernard, A. and Redding, S. and Schott, P.
Divisions: Centre for Economic Performance
Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade
L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2008 10:12
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 19:54
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/3700

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