Decomposing the welfare gains from trade

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2025
Volume: 247
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The textbook of International Economics by Krugman, Obstfeld and Melitz (2022) introduces the gains from trade under monopolistic competition with a simple linear demand model. We use its representative consumer foundation to decompose the welfare gains from a market expansion into competitive effects, variety effects and selection effects

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:247:y:2025:i:c:s0165176525000266
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24