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unusual facts about Terms of trade


Terms of trade

The term (barter) terms of trade was first coined by the US American economist Frank William Taussig in his 1927 book International Trade.


Dependency theory

Dependency theory originates with two papers published in 1949 – one by Hans Singer, one by Raúl Prebisch – in which the authors observe that the terms of trade for underdeveloped countries relative to the developed countries had deteriorated over time: the underdeveloped countries were able to purchase fewer and fewer manufactured goods from the developed countries in exchange for a given quantity of their raw materials exports.


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