Recent trade theory in the Krugman (1980) tradition predicts that countries with larger market size enjoy higher levels … spending on inputs is affected by trade costs. However, in cross-country data, there is no such positive correlation between … is implicitly assumed in the usual formulation of aggregate CES production functions. Whether trade liberalization …

Dixit and Stiglitz (1977) with applications in international trade by Krugman (1979,1980), by modeling fixed and variable … pattern of trade between varieties and output per variety, which is indeterminate in a standard single good Dixit …

poorer individuals and, in specific circumstances, on the whole population. In an open economy with free trade, lower income … inequality in one country creates price divergence between trading countries. Lower inequality not only further decreases trade …