Comparative advantage, economic growth and free trade
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Resumo: | The paper has two objetives. The first is to discuss whether developing countries can benefit by specializing according to their comparative advantage. The second objetive is to discuss if an economy that adopts a free market policy will in effect achieve greater economic efficiency. The author concludes that specialization according to comparative advantage would indeed benefit a country. He also argues that in an economy ruled by free competition and without governmental interference, market signals and forces and not by themselves sufficient to provide the necessary incentives to producers so that they fully use the avaliable resources, and produce and trade according to comparative advantage. |
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Comparative advantage, economic growth and free tradeGallardo, Julio Lopezcomparative advantagetradegrowthF10F43The paper has two objetives. The first is to discuss whether developing countries can benefit by specializing according to their comparative advantage. The second objetive is to discuss if an economy that adopts a free market policy will in effect achieve greater economic efficiency. The author concludes that specialization according to comparative advantage would indeed benefit a country. He also argues that in an economy ruled by free competition and without governmental interference, market signals and forces and not by themselves sufficient to provide the necessary incentives to producers so that they fully use the avaliable resources, and produce and trade according to comparative advantage. IE-UFRJ2018-08-28info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArtigo avaliado pelos Pareshttps://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/rec/article/view/19857Revista de Economia Contemporânea; Rev. Econ. Contemp., v. 9, n. 2, mai./ago. 2005Journal of Contemporary Economics; Rev. Econ. Contemp., v. 9, n. 2, mai./ago. 20051980-5527enCopyright (c) 2018 Julio Lopez Gallardooai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/198572019-08-02T17:46:38Z |
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Comparative advantage, economic growth and free trade |
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Comparative advantage, economic growth and free trade Gallardo, Julio Lopez comparative advantage trade growth F10 F43 |
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Comparative advantage, economic growth and free trade |
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Comparative advantage, economic growth and free trade |
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Gallardo, Julio Lopez |
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Gallardo, Julio Lopez |
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Gallardo, Julio Lopez |
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comparative advantage trade growth F10 F43 |
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The paper has two objetives. The first is to discuss whether developing countries can benefit by specializing according to their comparative advantage. The second objetive is to discuss if an economy that adopts a free market policy will in effect achieve greater economic efficiency. The author concludes that specialization according to comparative advantage would indeed benefit a country. He also argues that in an economy ruled by free competition and without governmental interference, market signals and forces and not by themselves sufficient to provide the necessary incentives to producers so that they fully use the avaliable resources, and produce and trade according to comparative advantage. |
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Copyright (c) 2018 Julio Lopez Gallardo |
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Revista de Economia Contemporânea; Rev. Econ. Contemp., v. 9, n. 2, mai./ago. 2005 Journal of Contemporary Economics; Rev. Econ. Contemp., v. 9, n. 2, mai./ago. 2005 1980-5527 |
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