Abstract
We formulate a two-country, two-good, two-factor, two-period-lived overlapping generations model to examine how population aging determines the pattern of and gains from trade. Two main results are obtained. First, the aging country endogenously becomes a small country exporting the capital-intensive good, whereas the younger country endogenously dominates the world economy determining the world prices, in the free trade steady state. Second, although uncompensated free trade cannot be Pareto superior to autarky, there exists a compensation scheme applied within each country such that free trade is Pareto superior to autarky.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1531-1542 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 Aug |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aging and trade
- Compensation scheme
- Gains from trade
- Overlapping generations model
- Transitional dynamics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Control and Optimization
- Applied Mathematics