The North-South terms of trade debate: A re-examination

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 309-327

  Sarkar, Prabirjit ^a  

^a RABINDRA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

commodity prices; North South trade; Prebisch Singer hypothesis; terms of trade; unequal exchange; uneven development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010953654     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340100100403     Document Type: Article

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