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Dynamic comparative advantageA changing pattern of comparative advantage over time due to changes in factor endowments or technology.Similar MatchesComparative advantageComparative advantageThe ability to produce a good at lower cost, relative to other goods, compared to another country. In a Ricardian model, comparison is of unit labor requirements; more generally it is of relative autarky prices. With perfect competition and undistorted markets, countries tend to export goods in which they have comparative advantage. See also absolute advantage. Due to Ricardo (1815). Revealed comparative advantageRevealed comparative advantageBalassa's (1965) measure of relative export performance by country and industry, defined as a country's share of world exports of a good divided by its share of total world exports. The index for country i good j is RCAij = 100(Xij /Xwj)/(Xit /Xwt) where Xab is exports by country a (w=world) of good b (t=total for all goods). Comparative advantageComparative advantageTheory suggesting that specialization by countries can increase worldwide production. Chain of comparative advantageChain of comparative advantageA ranking of goods or countries in order of comparative advantage. With two countries and many goods, goods can be ranked by comparative advantage (e.g., by relative unit labor requirements in the Ricardian model). A country's exports will then lie nearer one end of the chain than its imports. With two goods, many countries can be ordered similarly. Law of Comparative AdvantageLaw of Comparative AdvantageThe principle that, given the freedom to respond to market forces, countries will tend to export goods for which they have comparative advantage and import goods for which they have comparative disadvantage, and that they will experience gains from trade by doing so. Idea due to Ricardo (1815). Further SuggestionsComparative market analysisComparative credit analysis Kaleidoscope comparative advantage Comparative static |
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