Changing global comparative advantage : evidence from Asia and the Pacific / Ligang Song.

Abstract

Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence, written by Edward Learner in 1984, is widely regarded as a landmark in the empirical analysis of international trade. In this work Learner establishes, through a rigorous methodology, the linkage between trade and resource endowments, using cross-country data up to the mid-1970s. This enables him to identify with accuracy the main sources of international comparative advantage and the changing roles that these play in determining patterns of international trade Show more