The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

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Terms of Trade

  • Ronald Findlay
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1510-1
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Abstract

The two most basic questions about international trade are: What goods will each country export? and What will be the ratios at which the exports of one country exchange for those of its trading partners?

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Real Wage Trading Partner Excess Supply Factor Endowment Export Sector 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ronald Findlay
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