contribution to the edward elgar companion economics of sports edited by wladimir andreff jeff borland & stefan szymanski international trade in sporting goods final revised version academic economists have not yet investigated very much area although data is available at a macroeconomic level developed countries neither old economic theory division labour ricardo and specialisation heckscher ohlin samuelson hos nor new krugman helpman focusing on intra industry been seriously tested as regards sport they hardly used or referred this context two exceptions are 1989 harvey saint germain 2001 one problem that can only be depicted using most detailed sitc classification for which unpublished many namely developing another hindrance including with figures same country often appears both importer exporter good number categories so faces product within an overall
