An Extension of the Structural Change Model to International Economic Relations

Araujo, Ricardo Azevedo and Teixeira, Joanílio Rodolpho (2003): An Extension of the Structural Change Model to International Economic Relations. Published in: Metroeconomica , Vol. 4, No. 54 (2003): pp. 458-473.

Abstract

In this paper Pasinetti’s model of structural economic dynamics (1981) is extended to consider international economic relations. Conditions for full employment, full expenditure of income and equilibrium of the trade balance are established for an open economy that requires capital goods to produce final commodities. Analytical results concerning the benefits from free trade and international learning are formally studied. In addition, static and dynamic aspects of the ‘principle of comparative cost advantage’ are analysed considering the determinants of the specialisation level.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: structural change, international economic relations, capital goods.
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F19 - Other; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O41 - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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