Intra-industry Trade and the Gravity Equation: A Cournot-Ricardo Approach

This paper shows that Cournot competition in segmented markets generate both intra-industry trade and the gravity equation. The paper also demonstrates that the gravity equation holds if and only if the market shares of an exporting country do not depend on the market where it sells. Thus, the widel...

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Main Author: E. Young Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2000-12-01
Series:East Asian Economic Review
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.11644/KIEP.JEAI.2000.4.4.72