EC membership and the transformation of Ireland's trade
Economic development ; European Union ; Export ; External trade ; Geography of trade ; Importation ; International trade ; Ireland ; National economy ; Trade balance
Aggregation analysis ; Competition ; Economic cost ; Economic theory ; Inter-regional trade flow ; Market ; Model ; Network ; Price fixing ; Production cost ; Spatial economy
The paper formulates a theoretical framework in which the analysis starts with supplier-customer links of micro type. The AA. derive aggregate trade links between nodes in a spatial network. It is shown how affinities and barriers shape
and influence the establishment of customer links, and how this forms aggregate patterns of flows. This framework is applied to three types of models for determining trade patterns.
Native American camas production and trade in the Pacific Northwest and northern Rocky Mountains
A wild plant, Camassia spp., has edible bulbs that were once an important food of many Indian tribes in the American West. Discussion of major species, gathering, processing, and trade of this plant, and how Native Americans managed this resource
Data ; Export ; Imperfect statistics ; Importation ; International trade ; Russia ; Terms of trade
L'A., économiste japonais essaie d'évaluer à partir des statistiques de base la réalité du commerce extérieur russe. Examen des données de la période 1985-mi 1994: incohérences et défauts du système de comptabilité (classifications douteuses
A phantom state?The de-traditionalization of money, the international financial system and international financial centres
of nation-states, the media, money capitalists and machines. Reference is made to the de-traditionalization of the City of London over the last 30 years or so.
Competition ; Economic impact ; Industrial production ; Inter-regional trade flow ; Money ; Productivity ; Regional economy ; Terms of trade ; United States
differentials between the US and its major trading partners, the findings indicate that in the long run, states have more to fear from slow productivity growth than from fluctuations in the dollar.
Producer services trade in city systems: evidence from Chicago
The paper demonstrates conceptually that trade flows through a two-tiered organisation of cities. The first involves world-class cities,and the second a hierarchical organisation of cities within the US urban system. These patterns of interaction
Global competition and the nature of trade in the European Community's pulp and paper industry
Europe ; European Union ; Firm strategy ; Industrial branch ; Industry ; Inter-industrial linkages ; International trade ; Internationalization ; Manufactured products ; Paper industry ; Specialization
The international automobile trade of the Republic of Korea during the 1980s: the North American connection
Car ; Competition ; Economic environment ; Exporting industry ; Firm strategy ; Government intervention ; Industrialization ; International trade ; Joint venture ; Market ; Production system ; South Korea
Agrarian reform ; Agricultural policy ; Agricultural product ; Agricultural production ; Canada ; Grant ; International agreement ; Regional economy ; Trade ; Trade agreement
policies in other countries. In discussing some lessons from the Canadian example, it was stressed in how far individual policy instruments are trade neutral apart from their impacts on the primary objectives of income support or income stabilization
Capitalism ; Deindustrialization ; Economic restructuring ; Factory closure ; Fordism ; Industrial establishment ; Local policy ; Redevelopment ; Social relations ; Trade union ; United States
and demonstrate that the process of deindustrialization is more complex than it has been said. Fordism and the making of trade union response to closure is then studied.