Arbeitspapier

On the existence and characterization of unequal exchange in the free trade

As in Roemer (1982, chapter 1), this paper considers a simple international trade model and examines the existence and characterization of free trade equilibria involving the unequal exchange of labor (UE). The paper provides an almost complete characterization of the domain of economies in which free trade equilibria with incomplete specialization exist. Moreover, the necessary and sufficient conditions for free trade equilibrium to involve UE is identified. It suggests that the emergence of free trade equilibria with UE cannot be entailed by the competitive mechanism of markets and unequal distribution of wealth alone, but might be understood as an outcome of equilibrium selection on the basis of Nash bargaining between rich and poor nations.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2016-04

Classification
Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Exchange and Production Economies
Subject
Unequal exchange of labor
International division of labor
Subsistence international economies
Internationale Arbeitsteilung
Handelsliberalisierung
Arbeitsmobilität
Faktorproportionentheorem
Marxismus
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Yoshihara, Naoki
Kaneko, Soh
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics
(where)
Amherst, MA
(when)
2016

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Yoshihara, Naoki
  • Kaneko, Soh
  • University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2016

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