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Market power, inelastic income elasticity of demand, and terms of trade

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  • Kujal, Praveen
  • Michelitsch, Roland

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The "Theory of Unequal Exchange" predicts that terms of trade for the producer of primary commodities worsen over time given the low income elasticity of demand for primary product exports and the market power of the industrialized countries. We set up a laboratory economy to test the influence of market power and low income elasticity of demand on trade. An experimental

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  • Kujal, Praveen & Michelitsch, Roland, 1996. "Market power, inelastic income elasticity of demand, and terms of trade," UC3M Working papers. Economics 6013, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
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