Trade and Spatial Growth

Sirimal Abeyratne and N. S. Cooray

South Asia Economic Journal, 2017, vol. 18, issue 1, 94-111

Abstract: Comparative advantage is based on ‘locational factors’ so that trade leads to growth and its spatial concentration. Until recently, the nexus between trade and spatial growth received little space within trade analyses though it did not appear to be a missing link in initial contributions to trade theory. The reshaping of the global economy with greater integration has called for analyses of trade and spatial growth. This article examines theoretical premises of the link between international trade and spatial growth, and the implications of reshaping of the global economy for the study of spatial growth within trade theory.

Keywords: Economic geography; international trade; regional development; spatial growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F15 F16 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1391561416684257

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