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Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage

Costinot, A., & Donaldson, D. (2012). Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage: Old Idea, New Evidence. American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 102(3), 453-458.

Type
Journal article
Intellectual base
Primary research
Year
2012
DOI
10.1257/aer.102.3.453
Link
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.3.453
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economics_finance

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  • Comparative Advantage
    • Costinot and Donaldson's 2012 reassessment

      This sourceTests Ricardo using agricultural productivity for 17 crops across 1.6 million land parcels in 55 countries; a regression of log observed on log predicted output has slope 0.84 and R²=0.93, supporting Ricardian predictions on modern data exactly as the prime states.

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