Agricultural efficiency in the great specialization
The story of the first era of globalization ca. 1870-1913 is also one of increased specialization by comparative advantage – a specialization which inspired the famous model by Eli Heckscher (1919) and Bertil Ohlin (1933). Of course economic actors at the time were unaware of this model, and even if they had been, the development literature has demonstrated that knowing what exactly to specialize in is a difficult challenge. It is therefore important for countries to undergo a process of what Dani Rodrik and Ricardo Hausmann have termed ‘self-discovery’, whereby they discover the product or products in which they have a comparative advantage. The aim of this session is to explore this issue with a particular focus on agriculture during the first globalization.
Organizer(s)
- Markus Lampe, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, Lampe
- Paul R Sharp, University of Southern Denmark, Sharp
Session members
- Alan Dye, Barnard College, Columbia University, United States, Dye
- Giovanni Federico , University of Pisa, Italy, Federico
- Laura Maravall, University of Tuebingen, Maravall
- Pablo Martinelli Lasheras, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Spain, Martinelli Lasheras
- Vicente Pinilla , University of Zaragoza, Spain, Pinilla
- Nina Boberg-Fazlic, Universit of Southern Denmark, Boberg-Fazlic
- Agustina Rayes, Universidad Nacional del Centro de Buenos Aires, Argentina, Rayes
Proposed discussant(s)
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