Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101466 
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Year of Publication: 
1990
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge - Serie II No. 113
Publisher: 
Universität Konstanz, Sonderforschungsbereich 178 - Internationalisierung der Wirtschaft, Konstanz
Abstract: 
The simple Ricardian model explains the comparative cost advantage by a relative productivity advantage of the single factor of production. This model is tested in this paper using microdata of the german business survey. In a first approach labour is being considered to be the only factor of production whereas in a second one capital is analysed. The results show that the former is able to explain the pattern of trade whereas the latter has no explanatory power. Therefore, labour productivity is a decisive determinant as to whether a commodity will be exported or not.
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Working Paper

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