Revisiting the revisited terms of trade: Will China make a difference?

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 981-995

  Kaplinsky, Raphael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

buyer concentration; China; globalization; India; reserve army of labor; terms of trade

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646945643     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.11.011     Document Type: Article

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