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The development of pre-industrial Europe was driven by the expansion of trade. This paper describes the patterns of trade and shows how they can be understood in terms of differences in trading costs. It discusses how the different levels of trade?from local to transoceanic-contributed, both...
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The authors use newly collected data on trade and production in 178 countries to infer estimates of trade costs in agriculture and manufactured goods for the 1995-2010 period. The data show that trade costs are strongly declining in per capita income. Moreover, the rate of change of trade costs...
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The authors use newly collected data on trade and production in 178 countries to infer estimates of trade costs in agriculture and manufactured goods for the 1995-2010 period. The data show that trade costs are strongly declining in per capita income. Moreover, the rate of change of trade costs...
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. African countries also display the highest rates of entry, exit and turnover of exporting firms, exporting products and export … large benefits in the medium-term, especially in terms of export flows and destination markets. Yet, the diversification of … export products will likely remain limited without strengthening productive capacities …
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export destinations. This suggests that Africa's exporting activity is volatile and subject to much experimentation, with … export flows and destination markets. Yet, without strengthening productive capacities, the diversification of export …
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Entrepôts are hubs that facilitate trade between various origins and destinations. We study the role these hubs, and the networks they form, play in international trade. Using novel data, we trace the paths of containerized goods entering the United States. We show that the majority of trade is...
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