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On the conservation of distance in international trade

Berthelon, Matias - 2004

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World Bank - 2015

productivity of exporting firms; (iv) exploration of how regional integration and other trade agreements could boost Caribbean …

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Multi-product exporters : diversification and micro-level dynamics

Iacovone, Leonardo - 2008

"Recent developments in trade theory, especially research on multi-product firms, have not been matched by similar progress on the empirical front. This paper aims to fill this gap by presenting a novel set of stylized facts on firm-product dynamics observed during an export boom. This exercise...

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How do differing standards increase trade costs? : the case of pallets

Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique - 2005

"The pallet is a platform used for storing, handling, and transporting products. There are hundreds of different pallet sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of standards on trade costs. They select this case...

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Trading on time

Djankov, Simeon - 2006

"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On...

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Export variety and country productivity

Feenstra, Robert C. - 2004

"Feenstra and Kee study the link between export product variety and country productivity based on data from 34 … with within-country GDP maximization, as well as cross-country comparison. The authors construct country productivity based … on relative endowments and product variety. Increases in output product variety improve country productivity as the new …

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Import demand elasticities and trade distortions

Nicita, Alessandro - 2004

"To study the effects of tariffs on gross domestic product (GDP), one needs import demand elasticities at the tariff line level that are consistent with GDP maximization. These do not exist. Kee, Nicita, and Olarreaga modify Kohli's (1991) GDP function approach to estimate demand elasticities...

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Trade policy, trade volumes, and plant-level productivity in Colombian manufacturing industries

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2003

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Trade policy, trade costs, and developing country trade

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2008

"This paper briefly reviews new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation that have been developed at the World Bank. The paper also compares the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade...

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Trade costs in Africa : barriers and opportunities for reform

Portugal-Pérez, Alberto - 2008

"This paper reviews data and research on trade costs for Sub-Saharan African countries. It focuses on: border-related costs, transport costs, costs related to behind-the border issues, and the costs of compliance with rules of origin specific to preferential trade agreements. Trade costs are, on...

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