Comparative advantage among african coffee producers

Relative comparative advantage is measured by contrasting country ratios of the domestic resource costs per unit of foreign exchange earned by exporting coffee to the exchange rate. Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have strong relative comparative advantages in coffee vis-à-vis the Ivory Coast, largel...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 1974-05, Vol.56 (2), p.310-313
Main Authors: Pearson, S.R, Meyer, R.K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African agriculture
Capital costs
coffee
Commodities
Comparative advantage
costs and returns
domestic resource cost ratios
Exports
Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange rates
Marketing
Opportunity costs
Research universities
Resource costs
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Summary:Relative comparative advantage is measured by contrasting country ratios of the domestic resource costs per unit of foreign exchange earned by exporting coffee to the exchange rate. Uganda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have strong relative comparative advantages in coffee vis-à-vis the Ivory Coast, largely because of higher opportunity costs of Ivoirian factors.
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.2307/1238761