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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Main Author: Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi
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Published: The Empirical Economics Letters 2008
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spelling my.iium.irep.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
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How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products?
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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title How important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products?
title_short 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_sort how important is water endowment for trade in agricultural products?
publisher The Empirical Economics Letters
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/69994/7/69994%20How%20Important%20is%20Water%20Endowment.pdf
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