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Trade and Technology: The Ricardian Model - Faculty

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<strong>Trade</strong>: Relative wages (cont.)<br />

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a LC /a LW = 1/2 < a * LC /a* LW<br />

International Commercial Policy<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Ricardian</strong> <strong>Model</strong><br />

Unit labor requirements for domestic <strong>and</strong> foreign<br />

countries<br />

Cheese Wine<br />

Domestic a LC = 1 hour/kg a LW = 2 hours/L<br />

Foreign a * LC = 6 hours/kg a* LW = 3 hours/L<br />

= 2

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