Low-wage manufacturing and global commodity chains: A model in the unequal exchange tradition

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 507-520

  Heintz, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Branding; Global commodity chains; Subcontracting; Trade

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC POLICY; EXPORT; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 33745586301     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei095     Document Type: Article

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