Government spending on public goods, specialization-bases external economies and pattern of trade
| dc.contributor.author | Anwar, Sajid | en |
| dc.contributor.school | Business School | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the link between government spending on a public good and pattern of trade in the presence of specialization-based external economies. The results presented in this paper are based on a simple model of an economy that produces one industrial, one agricultural, one public good and a large number of varieties of professional services. It is shown that, when the agricultural and the public goods are non-traded, the country where government spending is relatively large is a net-exporter of varieties of professional services; if varieties of professional services are equally (or more) capital intensive as compared to the industrial good. When the public good and varieties of professional services are non-traded, the country where government spending is relatively large may export the industrial good in exchange for the agricultural good; if the combined capital intensity of professional services and the industrial good is greater than the capital intensity of the agricultural good and the size of specialization-based external economies is sufficiently small | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Sajid Anwar | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Singapore Economic Review, 2006; 51(1):19-30 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0217-5908 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/35306 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | World Scientific Publishing Company | en |
| dc.rights | © 2006 World Scientific Publishing Company | en |
| dc.source.uri | http://proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=20859360&site=ehost-live&scope=site | en |
| dc.subject | government spending on public goods ;pattern of trade ; specialization-based external | en |
| dc.title | Government spending on public goods, specialization-bases external economies and pattern of trade | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |