A Simple Model of Service Trade with Time Zone Differences

This note proposes a two-country monopolistic competition model of service trade that captures the role of time zone differences as a determinant of trade patterns. It is shown that the utilization of time zone differences induces drastic change in trade patterns: Due to taking advantage of time zone differences, service firms learve larger countries for smaller countries.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Kikuchi, Toru ; Iwasa, Kazumichi
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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