Alan Deardorff on Comparative Advantage

James Anderson

Chapter 3 in Comparative Advantage, Growth, and the Gains from Trade and Globalization:A Festschrift in Honor of Alan V Deardorff, 2011, pp 19-20 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractAlphabetical order puts me at the head of a distinguished panel with far more authority than I to speak on the subject of comparative advantage. I will be appropriately brief. But perhaps my perspective as a consumer rather than as a producer here will be useful.In my opinion the writings of Alan Deardorff on comparative advantage are a great example of progress in economic theory and its connection to empirical confirmation. Almost 30 years later, it seems like we have always known these ideas. Appreciating the greatness of his 1980 and 1982 papers requires recalling the scene in which they appeared…

Keywords: Comparative Advantage; Trade And Growth; Globalization; Computational Modeling; Trade Policy Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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