How do trade costs affect international trade? This paper offers a new approach. We rely on a flexible gravity equation … their trade shares to assess the impact of trade costs. …

frictions from leading trade theories and use it to gauge the importance of bilateral trade costs in determining international …, Europe, and Oceania for the period from 1870 to 2000 and demonstrate an overriding role for declining trade costs in the pre …. Finally, the entirety of the interwar trade bust is explained by increases in trade costs. …

that can be related to observable trade data. This solution makes it possible to infer time-varying bilateral trade costs ….S. trade costs with major trading partners declined on average by about 40 percent between 1970 and 2000, with Mexico and …

costs across product groups. We show that, after the referendum, inflation increased by more for product groups with higher … imported inputs in domestic production. Our results are consistent with complete pass-through of import costs to consumer …

costs across product groups. We show that, after the referendum, inflation increased by more for product groups with higher … imported inputs in domestic production. Our results are consistent with complete pass-through of import costs to consumer …

How do trade costs affect international trade? This paper offers a new approach. We rely on a flexible gravity equation … their trade shares to assess the impact of trade costs. …

frictions from leading trade theories and use it to gauge the importance of bilateral trade costs in determining international …, Europe, and Oceania for the period from 1870 to 2000 and demonstrate an overriding role for declining trade costs in the pre …. Finally, the entirety of the interwar trade bust is explained by increases in trade costs. …

informational barriers and transportation costs even for the relatively short distances associated with state-to-state trade …. -- international border effects ; intranational home bias ; domestic borders ; gravity ; trade costs …

trade cost heterogeneity across industries. The most important trade barriers are transportation costs and policy factors …. -- Trade integration ; gravity ; trade costs ; multilateral resistance ; industries ; disaggregation ; European Union …

informational barriers and transportation costs even for the relatively short distances associated with state-to-state trade …