How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products?
Water is an important input for the production of agricultural products. Hence, following the Heckscher-Ohlin model and the virtual water hypothesis, relatively water abundant countries will have comparative advantage in agricultural products. We show that water endowment does play a role in determi...
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| description | Water is an important input for the production of agricultural products. Hence, following the Heckscher-Ohlin model and the virtual water hypothesis, relatively water abundant countries will have comparative advantage in agricultural products. We show that water endowment does play a role in determining agricultural products’ comparative advantage, especially for net importing countries. |
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| spelling | iium-699942019-07-16T07:16:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/69994/ How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi H Social Sciences (General) Water is an important input for the production of agricultural products. Hence, following the Heckscher-Ohlin model and the virtual water hypothesis, relatively water abundant countries will have comparative advantage in agricultural products. We show that water endowment does play a role in determining agricultural products’ comparative advantage, especially for net importing countries. The Empirical Economics Letters 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/69994/7/69994%20How%20Important%20is%20Water%20Endowment.pdf Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi (2008) How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? The Empirical Economics Letters, 7 (5). pp. 505-513. ISSN 1681-8997 |
| spellingShingle | H Social Sciences (General) Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title | How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title_full | How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title_fullStr | How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title_short | How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| title_sort | how important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products? |
| topic | H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/69994/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/69994/7/69994%20How%20Important%20is%20Water%20Endowment.pdf |