The gains from external scale economies and comparative advantage

Kwok Tong Soo ()

Economics Bulletin, 2014, vol. 34, issue 1, 84-88

Abstract: This note develops a model of inter-personal trade which combines comparative advantage and external scale economies. It is shown that the gains from external scale economies outweigh those from comparative advantage as the population size increases.

Keywords: External scale economies; comparative advantage; gains from trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-01-20
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