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Directed Technical Change and International Trade
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2003)
Recent changes in comparative advantage in the largest OECD economies differ significantly from the predictions of Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek theory. Japan's rising share of OECD machinery exports and the improvement in the ...
Explaining the Great Divergence: Medium and Message on the Eurasian Land Mass, 1700-1850
(Université de Montréal. Département de sciences économiques., 2003)
Between 1700 and 1850, per-capita income doubled in Europe while falling in the rest of Eurasia. Neither geography nor economic institutions can explain this sudden divergence. Here the consequences of differences in ...