 The Distribution of Gains between Investing and Borrowing Countries Revisited: The Case of India’s Computer Software SectorV. N. Balasubramanyam and Ahalya Balasubramanyam Chapter 15 in Development Economics and Policy, 1998, pp 287-299 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Hans Singer’s thesis concerning the unequal distribution of gains from trade and foreign investment between investing and borrowing countries, first enunciated in 1949 (Singer 1950) has been revisited many times, most importantly by Singer himself some twenty-five years after the first paper was published (Singer, 1972). The first paper identified the nature and the type of trade between the developed and the underdeveloped countries as the principal factor in the unequal distribution of benefits from trade and investment between the two groups of countries. The message of the second paper, which Singer labelled as Singer II, located the source of the unequal distribution of gains from trade and investment, not so much in the nature of commodities traded, but in the nature of the technological endowments and the characteristics of the countries between which trade and investment take place. Keywords: Foreign Firm; Brain Drain; Indian Firm; Software Firm; Software Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-26769-9_15 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-26769-9_15 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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