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Heterochrony, industrial evolution and international trade

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This paper uses the biological concepts ofheterochrony andK- and r-strategies to construct an economic theory about industry life cycles and trade policy. Relations between various types of heterochrony and different competitive environments provide a general explanation for the Japanese and Korean successes in international trade, the decline of the U.S. and E.U. performance and the relative failures of some Latin-American states.

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Wijnberg, N.M. Heterochrony, industrial evolution and international trade. J Evol Econ 6, 99–113 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01202374

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