Empirical evidence supports the proposition that national income growth is strongly affected by trade specialization and comparative advantage in eight economic sectors. Commercial policy distortions and factor intensity reversals explain why trade does not always fit the skilled labor continuum...

The Journal of Agricultural Economics Research was initiated by O.V. Wells in 1949 as "a medium for the publication of technical articles." In more than four decades of articles and reviews can be seen the change and progress in research by USDA social scientists. Our purpose here is to provide...