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1、THEINTERACTIONOFRESOURCE-POORANDRESOURCE-RICHECONOMIESMURRAYC.KEMPandNGOVANLONGUniversityofNewSouthWalesandAustralianNationalUniversityI.INTRODUCTIONEconomistshavebeguntopondersomeoftheproblemsposedbytheexhaustibilityofanessentialresource.'Howevertheproblemssofarstudiedhavebeenformulatedingl
2、obalterms,withnoallowanceforthepossibilitythatdecision-makingmaybedispersedamongmanycountriesnorforthepossibilitythattheresourcemaybeunevenlydis-tributedoverthosecountries.Infact,ofcourse,theinternationaldistributionofmanyexhaustibleresourcesisextremelyuneven.Thissuggeststhepossibilitythatth
3、osecountriesespeciallyfavouredbynaturemightseektotakeadvantageoftheirpositionascollectivemonopolists,andthattheresource-deprivedcountriesmightseektoexploittheirpositionascollectivemonopsonists,eachgroupbyconcertedactionendeavouringtotwisttheinternationaltermsoftradeinitsfavour.Andevenintheab
4、senceofsuchaggressivebehaviourthereremainsaninterestingquestion:Inalaisser-faireworldhowmayweexpectthetermsoftradeandtheinternationaldistributionofconsumptiontoevolve?Weshallbeconcernedforthemostpartwithamodelworldwhichisverysimplebutwithinwhichitispossibletostudytheaboveissuesintheirpurestf
5、orm.Twocountriestradeinarawmaterial,extractedfromanexhaustiblestock,andinaconsumption-good,thelatterproducedbymeansoftherawmaterialandofotherfactors.Thefirstcountryownstheentireworldstockoftheresourcebuthasneitherthephysicalfacilitiesnortheaptitudesandskillsneededtoproducetheconsumption-good
6、.Thesecondcountryhasbothfacilitiesandaptitudesbut,ofcourse,lackstheresource.Internationalborrowingisruledout.Tobegin,itisassumedthateachcountryignoresitsmonopoly-monopsonyposition.Thepathoftheequilibriumcompetitivetermsoftradeunderworld-widelaisser-faireisdescribed,asarethetimepathsofconsump
7、tionineachcountry.ItisshownthattheinternationaldistributionofconsumptioncanmoveinfavourofeithercountryandintheCobb-Douglascaseisconstant.TheassumptionofuniversalZaisser-faireisthenre-laxedandprovisionmadeforaggressivebehaviouronthepartoffirstoneand
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