Richard A Brecher
Biographic Data
| ID | 5867361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard A Brecher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard A |
| FAMILY NAME | Brecher |
| SIGNATURE | BRECHER R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5370-494X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trade‐induced reduction in unemployment of a high‐wage economy
This paper shows that a high‐wage country might reduce its unemployment by trading with a low‐wage economy, despite popular predictions to the contrary. We demonstrate this possibility in a Heckscher–Ohlin–Samuelson type of model with two countries, which differ only because one of them has a binding minimum‐wage constraint and a technological improvement that (despite the heightened wage) creates a comparative advantage in the labour‐intensive g…
Quid pro quo foreign investment and welfare
New Products and the Factor Content of International Trade
This paper extends the multicommodity two-input version of the Heckscher-Ohlin model to include "new products," on which considerable interest has been focused by the product-cycle hypothesis and related analyses. The extended model is then used to reexamine the implications of relative factor abundance for the capital and labor content of international commodity trade. As this analysis shows, the presence of new products might in principle resol…
The Leontief Paradox, Continued
Optimal Policy in the Presence of Licensed Technology from Abroad
This paper extends the theory of international trade to analyze optimal commercial policy of a country importing technology for which royalties must be paid to foreigners. As the analysis shows, the country can maximize national welfare by combining a tax on international trade in commodities and a domestic commodity-market tax or subsidy, depending, respectively, on whether foreigners are net exporters or importers of the commodity whose technol…
Foreign Ownership and the Theory of Trade and Welfare
Some standard topics in the theory of international trade are reconsidered in this paper by distinguishing between national and aggregate income when fixed supplies of foreign inputs are present within the home country. Under conditions that would ensure a national welfare gain if foreign ownership were absent, international transfer, economic growth, or tariff policy might cause a national welfare loss in the presence of foreign ownership. The t…
Foreign Ownership and the Theory of Trade and Welfare
Some standard topics in the theory of international trade are reconsidered in this paper by distinguishing between national and aggregate income when fixed supplies of foreign inputs are present within the home country. Under conditions that would ensure a national welfare gain if foreign ownership were absent, international transfer, economic growth, or tariff policy might cause a national welfare loss in the presence of foreign ownership. The t…
Quid pro quo foreign investment and welfare
The Leontief Paradox, Continued
Optimal Policy in the Presence of Licensed Technology from Abroad
This paper extends the theory of international trade to analyze optimal commercial policy of a country importing technology for which royalties must be paid to foreigners. As the analysis shows, the country can maximize national welfare by combining a tax on international trade in commodities and a domestic commodity-market tax or subsidy, depending, respectively, on whether foreigners are net exporters or importers of the commodity whose technol…
Foreign Ownership and the Theory of Trade and Welfare
Some standard topics in the theory of international trade are reconsidered in this paper by distinguishing between national and aggregate income when fixed supplies of foreign inputs are present within the home country. Under conditions that would ensure a national welfare gain if foreign ownership were absent, international transfer, economic growth, or tariff policy might cause a national welfare loss in the presence of foreign ownership. The t…
The Leontief Paradox, Continued
Optimal Policy in the Presence of Licensed Technology from Abroad
This paper extends the theory of international trade to analyze optimal commercial policy of a country importing technology for which royalties must be paid to foreigners. As the analysis shows, the country can maximize national welfare by combining a tax on international trade in commodities and a domestic commodity-market tax or subsidy, depending, respectively, on whether foreigners are net exporters or importers of the commodity whose technol…
New Products and the Factor Content of International Trade
This paper extends the multicommodity two-input version of the Heckscher-Ohlin model to include "new products," on which considerable interest has been focused by the product-cycle hypothesis and related analyses. The extended model is then used to reexamine the implications of relative factor abundance for the capital and labor content of international commodity trade. As this analysis shows, the presence of new products might in principle resol…
Quid pro quo foreign investment and welfare
Trade‐induced reduction in unemployment of a high‐wage economy
This paper shows that a high‐wage country might reduce its unemployment by trading with a low‐wage economy, despite popular predictions to the contrary. We demonstrate this possibility in a Heckscher–Ohlin–Samuelson type of model with two countries, which differ only because one of them has a binding minimum‐wage constraint and a technological improvement that (despite the heightened wage) creates a comparative advantage in the labour‐intensive g…
Economics (6 works) · Global trade and economics (5 works) · Market economy (4 works) · International economics (3 works) · International trade (3 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Commodity (2 works) · Economic Zones and Regional Development (2 works)