Intermediation and Economic Integration

The theory of international trade has paid scant attention to market institutions. Neither neoclassical theory nor new trade models typically specify the process by which supply and demand meet. Yet in the real world, intermediaries play a central role in materializing the gains from exchange o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Antras, Pol, Costinot, Arnaud
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61352
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5503-297X
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Summary:The theory of international trade has paid scant attention to market institutions. Neither neoclassical theory nor new trade models typically specify the process by which supply and demand meet. Yet in the real world, intermediaries play a central role in materializing the gains from exchange outlined by standard trade theories.