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Publication date: 1 February 2003

Ransford W. Palmer and Dawn Richards Elliott

This paper examines the principal factors affecting the growth of intra‐group trade for four Latin American and Caribbean economic groups. Its findings suggest that the share of a…

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This paper examines the principal factors affecting the growth of intra‐group trade for four Latin American and Caribbean economic groups. Its findings suggest that the share of a group member's leading export sold within the group is an important determinant of intra‐group trade. For member countries that depend heavily on extra‐group markets, intra‐group trade is indirectly affected by the impact of extra‐group trade on gross domestic product.

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International Journal of Development Issues, vol. 2 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1446-8956

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Publication date: 1 January 1978

VICTOR BULMER‐THOMAS

There has been very little written discussion of how transactions should be valued in an input‐output table. Conventional wisdom, however, prefers the use of ‘basic’ prices (in…

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There has been very little written discussion of how transactions should be valued in an input‐output table. Conventional wisdom, however, prefers the use of ‘basic’ prices (in which flows are valued net of distributive margins and net indirect taxes) and the first part of this paper explores the reasoning behind this approach.

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 5 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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Publication date: 1 January 1976

VICTOR BULMER‐THOMAS

This paper estimates the Effective Rate of Protection (E.R.P.) for Costa Rica, the first time such an estimate has been provided for any Central American Republic. It also employs…

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This paper estimates the Effective Rate of Protection (E.R.P.) for Costa Rica, the first time such an estimate has been provided for any Central American Republic. It also employs a new method for calculating each E.R.P. which, it is argued, offers at least a partial solution to the problem of tariff redundancy. The main conclusions are as follows:—

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Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 3 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-3585

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