Indivisibilities in the Ricardian model of trade

Kwok Tong Soo ()

No 127876284, Working Papers from Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department

Abstract: This paper develops a Ricardian model of trade in which there are indivisibilities in both production and consumption. Indivisibilities give rise to new results compared to the standard model with perfectly divisible production and consumption. Production indivisibility may result in complete specialisation even in autarky, while consumption indivisibility may result in consumption heterogeneity even amongst ex ante identical consumers. Indivisibilities lead to efficiency losses relative to the perfectly divisible case.

Keywords: Ricardian model; CES preferences; indivisible production; indivisible consumption (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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