Journal of Political Economy Vol. 100 No. 1 1992
International Trade with Lumpy Countries
Abstract
This paper explores the implications for the pattern of international trade of differences among regions within countries--what we call "lumpiness." If factors of production are sufficiently unevenly distributed across regions, then the pattern of trade of the country as a whole may depart from what it would have been had factors been evenly distributed. Thus lumpiness in the geographical distribution of factors can be a determinant of trade. We show in particular that if other determinants of trade are absent, then a country will tend to export the good that intensively uses its lumpier (i.e., more unevenly distributed) factor.
- DOI
- 10.1086/261813
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 198-210
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref