South-South Trade In Goods

The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for specialisation and efficiency gains. The first part of the paper takes an ex-post perspective and employs the gravity methodology to contribute to understandin...

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Main Author: Kowalski, Przemyslaw (-)
Other Authors: Shepherd, Ben
Format: eBook Section
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 2006.
Series:OECD Trade Policy Papers, no.40.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705661506719
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Summary:The empirical analysis presented in this paper indicates that trade between developing countries (South-South trade) offers a wide scope for specialisation and efficiency gains. The first part of the paper takes an ex-post perspective and employs the gravity methodology to contribute to understanding past trends in world goods trade with a special focus on South-South trade. Analysis shows that far from experiencing a ?death of distance?, South-South trade is still severely...
Physical Description:1 online resource (85 p. )