Beyond Ricardo: Assignment Models in International Trade

Arnaud Costinot & Jonathan Vogel
Working Paper 20585
DOI 10.3386/w20585
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International trade has experienced a Ricardian revival. In this article, we offer a user guide to assignment models, which we will refer to as Ricardo-Roy (R-R) models, that have contributed to this revival.

  • Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel, "Beyond Ricardo: Assignment Models in International Trade," NBER Working Paper 20585 (2014), https://doi.org/10.3386/w20585.

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Arnaud Costinot & Jonathan Vogel, 2015. "Beyond Ricardo: Assignment Models in International Trade," Annual Review of Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 7(1), pages 31-62, 08. citation courtesy of

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