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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP11712 |
DP11712 How Large Are the Gains from Economic Integration? Theory and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture, 1880-1997 | |
Arnaud Costinot; Dave Donaldson | |
发表日期 | 2016-12-15 |
出版年 | 2016 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | In this paper we develop a new approach to measuring the gains from economic integration based on a generalization of the Ricardian model in which heterogeneous factors of production are allocated to multiple sectors in multiple local markets based on comparative advantage. We implement this approach using data on crop markets in approximately 2,600 U.S. counties from 1880 to 1997. Central to our empirical analysis is the use of a novel agronomic data source on predicted output by crop for small spatial units. Crucially, this dataset contains information about the productivity of all units for all crops, not just those that are actually being grown—an essential input for measuring the gains from trade. Using this new approach we find substantial long-run gains from economic integration among US agricultural markets, benefits that are similar in magnitude to those due to productivity improvements over that same period. |
主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
关键词 | Gains from economic Ricardian model U.s. agriculture |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp11712 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540526 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Arnaud Costinot,Dave Donaldson. DP11712 How Large Are the Gains from Economic Integration? Theory and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture, 1880-1997. 2016. |
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