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Внутриотраслевая и межотраслевая торговля в контексте сравнительных и абсолютных преимуществ

Intra-industry and inter-industry trade through the lens of comparative and absolute advantage

Гнидченко

А. А.

Gnidchenko

к. э. н., ведущий эксперт Центра макроэкономического анализа и краткосрочного прогнозирования (ЦМАКП), м. н. с. Института народнохозяйственного прогнозирования РАН, н. с. НИУ ВШЭ (Москва)

agnidchenko@forecast.ru

Центр макроэкономического анализа и краткосрочного прогнозирования (ЦМАКП); Институт народнохозяйственного прогнозирования РАН; НИУ ВШЭРоссияCenter for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting; Institute of Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences; National Research University Higher School of EconomicsRussian Federation

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В статье показана важность факторов сравнительных и абсолютных преимуществ в формировании межотраслевой и внутриотраслевой торговли на основе подробного обзора научных исследований. Продемонстрировано, что внутриотраслевая торговля объясняется не столько факторами, описываемыми в моделях с возрастающей отдачей от масштаба (классический взгляд), сколько технологическими факторами. Абсолютные преимущества, которые долго игнорировались в моделях международной торговли, имеют большое значение в сочетании с качеством товаров и диверсификацией экспорта. В статье также освещается новое направление моделирования торговли, учитывающее негомотетичность предпочтений.

The article surveys the literature that emphasizes the importance of comparative and absolute advantages for intra- and inter-industry trade. Two conclusions follow form the survey. First, unlike the traditional view, intra-industry trade is determined rather by technology than by increasing returns. Second, absolute advantages that have been ignored in international trade models for a long time play a vital role through their linkages with product quality and export diversification. We also discuss a new strand of literature that models international trade with the assumption of non-homothetic preferences.

внутриотраслевая торговлямежотраслевая торговлясравнительные преимуществаабсолютные преимуществадиверсификация экспортакачество товаров

intra-industry tradeinter-industry tradecomparative advantageabsolute advantageexport diversificationproduct quality

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