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Traditionally, most attempts to explain the specialization patterns of countries in international trade have focused on supply conditions. According to the standard neoclassical theory of international trade, countries ought to specialize in areas of production that make intensive use of factors of production with which the country is relatively well equipped. However, empirical research has shown that the explanatory power of this type of theory is rather limited (Bowen et al., 1987).
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Fagerberg, J. (1994). Domestic Demand, Learning and Comparative Advantage. In: Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., Westin, L. (eds) Patterns of a Network Economy. Advances in Spatial and Network Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78898-7_8
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