#3400. Absolute advantages and capital mobility in international trade theory

October 2026publication date
Proposal available till 23-05-2025
4 total number of authors per manuscript0 $

The title of the journal is available only for the authors who have already paid for
Journal’s subject area:
Arts and Humanities (all);
History and Philosophy of Science;
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous);
Places in the authors’ list:
place 1place 2place 3place 4
FreeFreeFreeFree
2350 $1200 $1050 $900 $
Contract №3400.1 Contract №3400.2 Contract №3400.3 Contract №3400.4
1 place - free (for sale)
2 place - free (for sale)
3 place - free (for sale)
4 place - free (for sale)

Abstract:
Capital mobility has the potential of undermining the validity of Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage. Within this context, the tendency towards a uniform rate of profit makes absolute costs relevant for the analysis of specialisation patterns. A historical and analytical reconstruction is presented of a few significant contributions addressing this point, with a particular focus on the possibility of exclusion from trade and production “desertification” caused by a country’s low profitability of capital. A generalisation of a result obtained by Parrinello is provided.
Keywords:
absolute advantage; B51; Capital mobility; D24; F21; specialisation

Contacts :
0