Bougheas, Spiros; Falvey, Rod - In: EconoQuantum, Revista de Economia y Negocios 6 (2009) 1, pp. 91-110
We introduce financial frictions in a two sector model of international trade with heterogeneous agents. The level of specialization in the economy (economic development) depends on the quality of financial institutions. Underdeveloped financial markets prohibit an economy to specialize in...