In this study, the situation of Iran, U.S and Turkey's Pistachio export is investigated. to this purpose, Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Index is calculated based on Agricultural and total economy export, separately, then forecasted by using Auto- Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) approached, for 2008-2013. The results show that considering both commodity baskets, Turkey and Ir...

The Visegrad Countries (V4) accession to the European Union in 2004 caused several changes in the field of agriculture. The aim of this paper is to analyse impact of the EU enlargement on V4 agri-food trade, especially considering revealed comparative advantages. Results suggest that intensity of the V4 agri-food trade has increased significantly after the enlargement. There was deterioration i...

This paper makes use of an agent-based framework to extend traditional models of comparative advantage in international trade, illustrating several cases that make theoretical room for industrial policy and the regulation of trade. Using an agent based implementation of the Hecksher-Ohlin trade model; the paper confirms Samuelson's 2004 result demonstrating that the principle of comparative adv...

the main objective of this study is to investigate the comparative advantage for sugar beet production in iran. sugar beet is one of the main crops which is considered as an important resource for energy supply. the importance of sugar beet (as a sugar source) in iranian household food basket, price fluctuation and consumers' demand for sugar beet, social profitability and the impact of go...