A geometry of Specialization

Joseph Francois and Douglas Nelson

No 1813, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Division of labour models have become a standard analytical tool, along with competitive general equilibrium models (Ricardian, HOS, Ricardo-Viner), in public finance, trade, growth, development and macroeconomics. Yet unlike the earlier models, specialization models lack a canonical representation. This is because they are both new and complex, characterized by multiple equilibria, instability and emergent structural properties under parameter transformation. We develop a general framework for such models, illustrating results from current research on specialization models, and explaining why one sub-class of these models is particularly difficult to illustrate easily.

Keywords: Agglomeration; location of industry; Specialization; trade and development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 O12 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998-03
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