This paper investigates the relevance of traditional trade-exchange rate theorems for developing countries facing sunk entry costs in international markets. Firstly, the theorems analysing pricing of tradable goods and the trade balance dynamics following exchange rate shocks are accounted for....

This article comments on trade union behaviour and the fair-share rule of McDonald and Solow (1981) 'Wage bargaining and employment', American Economic Review, Vol. 71, pp.896–908. A small intertemporal model of union behaviour which shows how the fair-share rule only is valid in long run...