Updates previous surveys covering elasticities for international trade, reviewing the literature on empirical estimates of the income and price elasticities of demand for imports and exports which have been published since 1976. Provides a total of 979 estimates of import and export demand elasticities covering 82 countries. After chapters on issues involved in the estimation of income and price elasticities of the demand for imports and exports, information is presented in tabular form, in chapters on estimates from 1976 to the present for the demand for imports and exports by country. A final chapter offers a summary.
The Demand for Imports and Exports in the World Economy