the purpose of this study is to investigate comparative advantages of corn in comparison with other competitor crops. to do so, linear programming, to 2004-2005 data related to classic index (drc) in kermanshah province was applied. results showed that corn has comparative advantages in all regions of kermanshah province while in optimal cultivation pattern of 37.5 percentages of regions in exi...

Revealed comparative advantage indices are calculated for China (1980-2000 period) and the Chinese provinces (1990-1998 period) and then incorporated into a reduced form export equation. The results of China’s export patterns show that China has moved from a heavy industry-oriented development strategy to a comparative advantage one, with, however, marked differences among provinces. The econom...

We characterize the evolution of country export performance over the last five decades. Using the gravity model of trade, we extract a measure of country export capability by industry which we use to evaluate how absolute advantage changes over time for 135 industries in 90 countries. We alternatively use the Balassa RCA index as a measure of comparative advantage. Part I of the analysis docume...

This paper examines how country, industry and firm characteristics interact in general equilibrium to determine nations’ responses to trade liberalization. When firms possess heterogeneous productivity, countries differ in relative factor abundance and industries vary in factor intensity, falling trade costs induce reallocations of resources both within and across industries and countries. Thes...

in this paper, the value of exchange rate was calculated in order to determine comparative advantage in crops of sari township during 2009-2010. hence, first, comparative advantage indices are estimated by using a policy analysis matrix. the results showed that just wheat has a drc index of one in the minimum amount of national currency exchange rate value. this indicated the fact that only whe...