Essays about: "COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE.

  1. 1. The Effects of Participation in Global Value Chains : A Study of the Effects of Participation in Intermediate Trade on the Value Added Through Services and the Relative Demand for Skilled Workers in the Swedish Manufacturing Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Maria Höijer; [2023]
    Keywords : Economics; labor economics; labor market; labor market economics; global value chain; supply chain; trade; commerce; international trade; specialization; servicification; Hecksher-Ohlin; Hecksher-Ohlin model; skilled labor; labor; labour; labor demand; labor supply; relative labor demand; wages; skill; upskill; intermediate trade; trade in value added; stolper samuelsson; stolper samuelsson theorem; servicification; factor abundance; comparative advantage; relative factor prices; fixed effects; panel data; Nationalekonomi; Arbetsmarknad; Internationell ekonomi; handel; internationell handel; Hecksher-Ohlin modellen; arbetskraftsutbud; arbetskraftsefterfrågan; servicifiering; relativ arbetskraftsefterfrågan; kompetens; värdekedjor; tillverkningsindustrin; specialisering; service; globalisering; Hecksher-Ohlin; lön; stolper samuelsson; komparativ fördel; relativpriser; paneldata; fixa effekter;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate the effects of the integration in global value chains on the specialization in the production of services and the relative demand for high-skilled labor in the Swedish manufacturing industry. The empirical model and the predictions are based on theories and findings such as the phenomenon of servicification, the Hecksher-Ohlin theorem, and the Stolper-Samuelsson theorem. READ MORE

  3. 2. Revealing competition in post-Soviet economies : Belarus’ and Kazakhstan’s Comparative Advantage in times of trade shocks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media; Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier

    Author : Daniel Meleaku; [2022]
    Keywords : RCA; Competitiveness; Comparative Advantage; Agriculture; EAEU; Integration; Import ban; Russia; Belarus; Kazakhstan; RCA; Канкурэнтаздольнасць; Параўнальная перавага; Сельскагаспадарчы сектар; ЕАЭС; Інтэграцыя; Забарона на імпорт; Расія; Беларусь; Казахстан; RCA; Конкурентоспособность; Сравнительное преимущество; Сельское хозяйство; ЕАЭС; Интеграция; Запрет на ввоз; Россия; Беларусь; Казахстан;

    Abstract : In 2014, Russia imposed an import ban against a large variety of western food products. The ban served as a shield against foreign competition, including from Russia’s neighbours. In 2015-2016, a major drop in the Russian rouble’s exchange rate heightened Russia’s food products’ competitiveness versus its neighbours’. READ MORE

  4. 3. On the Silk Road with Giovanni Arrighi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Simon Frohlund; [2021]
    Keywords : World-systems analysis; Systemic cycles of accumulation; Hegemonic transitions; China; Scientific paradigms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores contradictions, inadequacies, and competing formulations within Giovanni Arrighi’s theory of systemic cycles of accumulation (SCAs) as a Kuhnian scientific paradigm. This has been carried out through a comparative study on how the theory has been applied by scholars on the issue of the prospective hegemonic rise of China in the contemporary setting. READ MORE

  5. 4. Assessing Vulnerability to Transboundary Climate Risks and Adaptation Options. A Case of East Africa Commission Countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Tabby Njung'e; [2020]
    Keywords : transboundary climate risks; vulnerability; adaptation; adaptive ability; international trade; risk assessment.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Increasing global interconnectivity, in terms of our economies, ecological systems and population dynamics, can reduce or amplify the risks posed by climate change. The ongoing Coronavirus 2019 crisis demonstrates how rapidly disasters and risks can cascade and escalate across countries to become a shared problem globally. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trade openness and economic growth in a set of Scandinavian countries : A study on trade openness and the impact it has on economic growth for Sweden and Norway and Denmark

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Mohammed Muzaffer Mustafa; [2016]
    Keywords : Economic growth; Comparative advantage; Absolute advantage; trade openness; panel data; Free trade;

    Abstract : Significant growth rates are in many times associated with countries embracing the ongoing globalization and openness to the international market of exchanging goods and services as well as ideas and technologies. Many researchers believe that participating in an international economy is a primary source of growth. READ MORE