The Prebisch-Singer (PS) hypothesis, which postulates the presence of a downward secular trend in the price of primary commodities relative to manufacturers, remains at the core of a continuing debate among international trade economists. The reason is that the results of testing the PS...

Technological advancements in the ICT sector have enabled the development of online platforms that have drastically transformed the e-commerce landscape. The rise of the sharing economy isa key in point. Academics claim that this change is causing a noticeable shift in consumers’ habitsfrom...