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New estimates for direction of trade statistics

Marini, Marco; Dippelsman, Robert John; Stanger, Michael - 2018

In March 2017, the IMF published an upgrade of its Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) dataset. This paper documents the new methodology that has been developed to estimate missing observations of bilateral trade statistics on a monthly basis. The new estimation procedure is founded on a...

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Asymmetries in the coordinated direct investment survey : what lies behind?

Angulo, Emma; Hierro, Alicia - 2017

This paper analyzes asymmetries in direct investment positions reported in the Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) following a top down approach. First, it examines asymmetries at global level; second, it examines asymmetries between CDIS reported and derived data for individual...

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Armington Elasticities in Intermediate Inputs Trade : A Problem in Using Multilateral Trade Data

Saito, Mika - 2004

This paper finds that the estimates of Armington elasticities (the elasticity of substitution between groups of products identified by country of origin) obtained from multilateral trade data can differ from those obtained from bilateral trade data. In particular, the former tends to be higher...

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Improving the Estimation Methodology of Monthly Data in Direction of Trade Statistics

Gong, Xiaoning - 1994

The quality of the estimated data in DOTS depends on the availability and accuracy of direction of trade reports and the estimation methodology. Because of the low coverage of monthly reporting, the estimating procedure plays a role of increased importance. This study, however, reveals two...

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Big data on vessel traffic : nowcasting trade flows in real time

Arslanalp, Serkan; Marini, Marco; Tumbarello, Patrizia - 2019

Vessel traffic data based on the Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a big data source for nowcasting trade activity in real time. Using Malta as a benchmark, we develop indicators of trade and maritime activity based on AIS-based port calls. We test the quality of these indicators by...

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Calculating trade in value added

Aslam, Aqib; Novta, Natalija; Bastos, Fabiano Rodrigues - 2017

This paper sets out the key concepts necessary to calculate trade in value added using input-output tables. We explain the basic structure of an input-output table and the matrix algebra behind the computation of trade in value added statistics. Specifically, we compute measures of domestic...

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Lao P.D.R. : assessing the quality of trade statistics

Bannister, Geoffrey J.; Ghazanchyan, Manuk; Bikoi, … - 2017

This paper assesses external trade statistics in Lao PDR by looking at mirror statistics, and with reference to international experience in compilation and dissemination of external trade data. We find that exports could be underreported by 8 to 50 percent, while imports could be underreported...

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A World Trade Leading Index (WTLI)

2015 - Barhoumi, Karim ; Ferrara, Laurent ed

This paper develops a new monthly World Trade Leading Indicator (WTLI) that relies on nonparametric and parametric … approaches. Compared to the CPB World Trade Monitor's benchmark indicator for global trade the WTLI captures turning points in … tool can provide policy makers with valuable foresight into the future direction of economic activity by tracking world …

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Search externalities in firm-to-firm trade

Spray, John - 2021

I develop a model of firm-to-firm search and matching to show that the impact of falling trade costs on firm sourcing decisions and consumer welfare depends on the relative size of search externalities in domestic and international markets. These externalities can be positive if firms share...

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Demand for value added and value-added exchange rates

Bems, Rudolfs; Johnson, Robert C. - 2015

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