As David Ricardo wrote in the early 1800s, specialisation by countries can lift the overall output and availability of goods ...

Comparative advantage is an economy's inherent ability to produce a product or service at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partners. Comparative advantage is an economy's inherent ability ...

Absolute and comparative advantage are economic concepts that help companies and nations decide how to best use their resources in producing goods for trade internationally. Absolute advantage ...

Kennedy, Robert E., and Nancy F. Koehn. "Economic Gains from Trade: Comparative Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 796-183, June 1996. (Revised November 1996.) ...

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Second, trade has allowed the U.S. and its partners to focus on their comparative advantages, just as the British economist David Ricardo famously predicted. In Mexico, tomatoes and other crops ...

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This column investigates why Japan lost this comparative advantage. It argues that capital inflows seeking safe havens during the crisis led to a sharp appreciation of the yen and caused yen export ...