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Note on Comparative Advantage

By: David B. Yoffie and John J. Coleman
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Abstract

Discusses David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage and the refinement of his model developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. Presents several criticisms of the Heckscher-Ohlin theory, including Wassily Leontief's empirical demonstration that the nature of U.S. imports and exports were exactly contrary to the predictions of the theory.

Keywords

Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Macroeconomics; Trade; Theory

Citation

Yoffie, David B., and John J. Coleman. "Note on Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 387-023, July 1986. (Revised August 1987.)
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