Contents
Preface Chapter Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the study 1.2 The Swedish fabricated metal product industry-a short in troduction 1.3 A background to the empirical analysis 1.3.1 The frame of reference 1.3.2 The three main problems of the study 1.3.3 Determinants of the structure of market shares 1.3.4 Determinants of changes in the structure of market shares 1.4 Arrangement of the study 1.5 A digression on some basic assumptions of the factor proportions theory Chapter 2 The comparative advantage of Sweden and the competitive situation of the Swedish fabricated metal product industry 2.1 Problems 2.2 The production technology of the fabricated metal product industry 2.3 The comparative advantage of Sweden 2.3.1 Factor use in Swedish industry 2.3.2 Determinants of the long run structural change of Swedish industry 2.3.3 The comparative advantage of Sweden in the late 1950's 182
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2.4 The competitive situation of the Swedish fabricated metal product industry as determined by the historical comparative advantage of Sweden 2.5 The growth of markets for and market shares of the Swedish fabricated metal product industry 2.6 Reasons for possible shifts in the comparative advantage of Sweden 2.6.1 The impact of World War II on the comparative advantage of Sweden 2.6.2 The change in Sweden's factor endowment since World War II 2.6.3 The adjustment since World War II to shifts in Sweden's comparative advantage 2.6.4 The marginal comparative advantage of Sweden during the post World War II period 2.7 Changes in the competitive situation of the Swedish fabricated metal product industry 2.8 Conclusions
Chapter 3 The international specialisation of the Swedish fabricated metal product in dus try in 1969 3.1 Problems 3.2 Low and differing degrees of international tradability 3.2.1 Problems 3.2.2 A measure of the tradability' of products and the Swedish tariffs on imports
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