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Relations Between De-industrialization and Terms of Trade: A Historical Review and Econometric Examination

Junkai Wang * 1
1 King’s College London

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Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences, Vol. 15, 77-84
Published 13 September 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
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Citation Junkai Wang. Relations Between De-industrialization and Terms of Trade: A Historical Review and Econometric Examination. AEMPS (2023) Vol. 15: 77-84. DOI: 10.54254/2754-1169/15/20230866.

Abstract

The international trade and industrial structure since the industrial revolution have changed significantly featured with a booming trade volume and unprecedented speed of industrialization. However, under the current of industrial process of western nations, the third-world countries, are experiencing a de-industrial process. Through industrialization and de-industrialization, the structure of the world was significantly changed, and the world was later classified as the developed and developing nations. This classification still works for current world order. Thus, tracing the reason that the process of world classification is vital, which could better enhance the understanding of contemporary world. This paper aims to analyse the reasons for the de-indudstrialization in the peripheries with a historical and econometric review.

Keywords

industrial revolution, de-industrialization, international division of labour, terms of trade, manufacturing level

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Policy Studies
ISBN (Print)
978-1-915371-73-7
ISBN (Online)
978-1-915371-74-4
Published Date
13 September 2023
Series
Advances in Economics, Management and Political Sciences
ISSN (Print)
2754-1169
ISSN (Online)
2754-1177
DOI
10.54254/2754-1169/15/20230866
Copyright
13 September 2023
Open Access
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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