John C Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3823391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John C Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | John C |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN J C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Clark University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Retrospectives: On the Genius Behind David Ricardo's 1817 Formulation of Comparative Advantage
Last year marked the 200th anniversary of Ricardo’s famous “four numbers” paragraph on comparative advantage, which is one of the oldest analytical results in economics. Following the lead of James Mill (1821), these four numbers have been interpreted as unit labor coefficients. This interpretation has provided the basis for the development of the ‘Ricardian model’ from John Stuart Mill (1852) to Eaton and Kortum (2002). However, if we accept the…
A Direct Test of the Theory of Comparative Advantage: The Case of Japan
We exploit Japan's sudden and complete opening up to international trade in the 1860s to test the empirical validity of one of the oldest and most fundamental propositions in economics: the theory of comparative advantage. Historical evidence supports the assertion that the characteristics of the Japanese economy at the time were compatible with the key assumptions of the neoclassical trade model. Using detailed product-specific data on autarky p…
A Direct Test of the Theory of Comparative Advantage: The Case of Japan
We exploit Japan's sudden and complete opening up to international trade in the 1860s to test the empirical validity of one of the oldest and most fundamental propositions in economics: the theory of comparative advantage. Historical evidence supports the assertion that the characteristics of the Japanese economy at the time were compatible with the key assumptions of the neoclassical trade model. Using detailed product-specific data on autarky p…
A Direct Test of the Theory of Comparative Advantage: The Case of Japan
We exploit Japan's sudden and complete opening up to international trade in the 1860s to test the empirical validity of one of the oldest and most fundamental propositions in economics: the theory of comparative advantage. Historical evidence supports the assertion that the characteristics of the Japanese economy at the time were compatible with the key assumptions of the neoclassical trade model. Using detailed product-specific data on autarky p…
Retrospectives: On the Genius Behind David Ricardo's 1817 Formulation of Comparative Advantage
Last year marked the 200th anniversary of Ricardo’s famous “four numbers” paragraph on comparative advantage, which is one of the oldest analytical results in economics. Following the lead of James Mill (1821), these four numbers have been interpreted as unit labor coefficients. This interpretation has provided the basis for the development of the ‘Ricardian model’ from John Stuart Mill (1852) to Eaton and Kortum (2002). However, if we accept the…
Assertion (1 works) · Autarky (1 works) · Comparative advantage (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Econometrics (1 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Exploit (1 works) · Global trade and economics (1 works) · International trade (1 works)