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This paper endogenizes the spatial distribution of infrastructure investment and transportation costs. Transportation … costs between two addresses depend on cumulative infrastructure investment. In a continuous space setting with several … variation. The distribution of infrastructure is skewed towards central regions, rationalizing the non-linear trade …
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We build on the latest developments in the structural gravity literature to quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the...
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Using a new, global data base covering the years 1950 to 2015, we study the impact of sanctions on international trade and welfare. We make use of the rich dimensionality of our data and of the latest developments in the structural gravity literature. Starting with a broad evaluation by sanction...
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This paper introduces the third update/release of the Global Sanctions Data Base (GSDB-R3). The GSDB-R3 extends the period of coverage from 1950-2019 to 1950-2022, which includes two special periods - COVID-19 and the war between Russia and Ukraine. The new update of the GSDB contains a total of...
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The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that … government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous emergence of infrastructure have not been rigorously studied … transport infrastructure investments across continuous space. Allowing for intra- and international trade, the resulting …
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The distribution of transport infrastructure across space is the outcome of deliberate government planning that … government activities, the economic forces shaping the endogenous emergence of infrastructure have not been rigorously studied … transport infrastructure investments across continuous space. Allowing for intra- and international trade, the resulting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507897
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We build on the latest developments in the structural gravity literature to quantify the partial and general equilibrium effects of GATT/WTO membership on trade and welfare. Using an extensive database covering manufacturing trade for 186 countries over the period 1980-2016, we find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822504
Bilateral trade balances often play an important role in the international trade policy debate. Academic economists understand that they are misleading indicators of competitiveness and of the gains from trade. However, they also recognize their political relevance, calling for accurate...
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