Growth with Time Zone Differences

Kikuchi, Toru and Marjit, Sugata (2010): Growth with Time Zone Differences.

Abstract

We propose a two-country growth model of intermediate business-services trade that captures the role of time zone differences. It is shown that a time-saving improvement in intermediate business-services trade involving production in different time zones can have a permanent impact on productivity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Business-Services Trade; Time Zone Differences; Growth; AK model
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F11 - Neoclassical Models of Trade

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