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The Calculation of the Comparative Advantage of Agriculture Products for Our Country——CATM Method

Zhu Li-l

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Based on the analysis of the existing methods of calculating the comparative advantage and their shortcomings, this paper proposes a new method to figure out the comparative advantage-Comparative Advantage of Two countries with Multi-production(CATM). Using the new method, this paper calculates the comparative advantage of China's agriculture products from 2002 to 2003 and indicates what comparative advantage China has. Based on the above, this paper gives some advices for the adjustment in the export and import structure of our agriculture products in the end.

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Based on the analysis of the existing methods of calculating the comparative advantage and their shortcomings, this paper proposes a new method to figure out the comparative advantage-Comparative Advantage of Two countries with Multi-production(CATM). Using the new method, this paper calculates the comparative advantage of China's agriculture products from 2002 to 2003 and indicates what comparative advantage China has. Based on the above, this paper gives some advices for the adjustment in the export and import structure of our agriculture products in the end.

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Based on the analysis of the existing methods of calculating the comparative advantage and their shortcomings, this paper proposes a new method to figure out the comparative advantage-Comparative Advantage of Two countries with Multi-production(CATM). Using the new method, this paper calculates the comparative advantage of China's agriculture products from 2002 to 2003 and indicates what comparative advantage China has. Based on the above, this paper gives some advices for the adjustment in the export and import structure of our agriculture products in the end.

Key concepts: Comparative advantage, Revealed comparative advantage, Agriculture, China, Comparative method, Competitive advantage, Comparative research, Production (economics)

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