Economic Integration in a Chamberlinian-Ricardian World

Based on a many-industry Chamberlinian-Ricardian trade model with iceberg trade costs, this note examines the impact of two modes of economic integration: a reduction in trade costs, and technical standardization due to information spillover. It is shown that these two modes of economic integration have opposing effects on specialization patterns: while trade liberalization narrows the range of industries with intra-industry trade, technical standardization widens the same range.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Kikuchi, Toru
Publisher:	Brussels : Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI)
Subject:	Monopolistic competition \| Technical heterogeneity \| Trade costs \| Economic integration

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Series:	EERI Research Paper Series ; 07/2008
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	86609993X [GVK] hdl:10419/142518 [Handle] RePEc:eei:rpaper:EERI_RP_2008_07 [RePEc]
Classification:	D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
Source:	EconStor

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