Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 9 Issue 3

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International Big Business, 1957–77: A Sequel on the Relationship between Size and Growth

Vassilis Droucopoulos

The hypothesis that the percentage growth rates of firms over a certain period of time are independent of their initial sizes — the Law of Proportionate Effect, alias Gibrat's Law…

Bilateral and Multilateral Cost‐of‐Living Comparisons: A Comment on Methodology

M.S. Silver

The theoretical base for cost‐of‐living comparisons between geographical areas is examined and developed. The interpretation of bilateral comparisons is discussed within a…

Some Analytics of Income Tax/Transfer Systems

John Creedy

Although there has been a great deal of discussion of the relative merits of alternative income maintenance schemes, the precise relationships between benefit levels and tax rates…

Identifying the Gains from Pure Intra‐Industry Exchange

David Greenaway

This article modifies a framework developed in industrial organisation analysis to identify the nature of the gains associated with pure intra‐industry exchange, and to isolate…

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The Determinants of Export Performance of Developing Countries

J. Love

Over the past decade several authors have argued that the traditional emphasis on the role of demand factors in determining the export performance of developing countries is…

The “New” Theories of Trade and UK's Comparative Advantage in Engineering Products

Olasupo Akano, Keith Ingham

The Leontief Paradox (Leontief, 1953) generated two major responses. There was, on the one hand, the body of research which was directed at further empirical verification of the…

Cover of Journal of Economic Studies

ISSN:

0144-3585

e-ISSN:

1758-7387

ISSN-L:

0144-3585

Online date, start – end:

1974

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee