The Impact of Talent Distribution on Trade

Cheng Lee ()
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Cheng Lee: Department of International Trade, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan

Economics Bulletin, 2012, vol. 32, issue 3, 2198-2206

Abstract: In an equilibrium trade model, we prove that not only the diversity effect but also the kurtosis effect will affect the pattern of comparative advantage. Furthermore, we find that, against the conventional results, if the kurtosis effect dominates the diversity effect then a country with more (less) diversified talent may export the goods produced by supermodular (submodular) technology.

Keywords: small open economy; talent distribution; trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D5 F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-08-01
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