Is cost competitiveness a prerequisite for growth? : application of the theory of comparative advantage in understanding developing countries' export growth in Asia

Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-70). === The theory of comparative advantage argues that countries benefit from trade even without cost competitiveness and that what matters is the d...

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Main Author: Tsubouchi, Minami
Other Authors: Alice H. Amsden.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37477