A Direct Test of the Theory of Comparative Advantage: The Case of Japan

By Daniel M. Bernhofen, J. C. Brown. Journal of Political Economy, 2004

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Firms in international trade (2016, background): “This literature 3 One exception exists to this data issue, which is Bernhofen and Brown (2004).”
The competitive advantage of nations: is Porter’s Diamond Framework a new theory that explains the international competitiveness of countries? (2010, background): “…difficult for any government to identify strategic industries, and even if it is remotely possible to identify such industries, the payoffs would be very modest from an overall welfare perspective (Krugman & Smith 1994; Krugman 1996; Bernhofen & Brown 2004; Schott 2004; Uchida & Cook 2005).”
Factor Proportions and the Structure of Commodity Trade (2004, background): “TC(q(z, i)) = (α+ q(z, i))szw1−z (5) Average costs of production decline at all levels of output, although at a decreasing rate.”
An Empirical Assessment of the Comparative Advantage Gains from Trade: Evidence from Japan (2005, unknown): “In our previous work (Bernhofen and Brown, 2004), we have provided supportive evidence for the hypothesis that the Japanese trading pattern during 1868-1875 was in accord with the positive prediction of the theory of comparative advantage.”