6 results
Sort by:
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Volume 21, Issue 10, p. 1677-1684
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Volume 21, Issue 10, p. 1677-1684
ISSN: 0305-750X
World Affairs Online
In: Contemporary economic policy: a journal of Western Economic Association International, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 1-14
ISSN: 1465-7287
Increasing evidence indicates the relative importance of transaction costs in international market penetration by LDC manufactured goods exporters. This paper identifies the sources and nature of these costs and recommends policies capable of helping LDC exporters overcome transaction cost‐based obstacles to such exports. Data for the analysis are from questionnaires addressed to samples of manufactures exporters and trading intermediaries in Egypt.
In: Contemporary economic policy: a journal of Western Economic Association International, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 1-21
ISSN: 1465-7287
In: Contemporary economic policy: a journal of Western Economic Association International, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 1-11
ISSN: 1465-7287
This paper analyzes countertrade as a special case of a customs union in which the countertrade agreement gives rise (as in customs union theory) to both trade‐creating and trade‐diverting effects. The net effects on welfare are ambiguous. A detailed case study from Egypt and brief examples from other countries illustrate the relevance of this interpretation.
World Affairs Online