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Product Heterogeneity, Intangible Barriers and Distance Decay: The Effect of Multiple Dimensions of Distance on Trade across Different Product Categories

Lankhuizen, Maureen B.M.; de Graaff, Thomas; de Groot, … - 2012

We empirically examine the heterogeneity in the effects of multiple dimensions of distance on trade across detailed … categories into an, a priori unknown, number of segments based on estimated coefficients of multiple dimensions of distance in … the gravity equation. We find that institutional distance, whether countries belong to the same trade block and especially …

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Endogenous transport costs in international trade

Kleinert, Jörn; Spies, Julia - 2011

In this paper we claim that distance alone is a poor proxy for international transport costs in empirical studies. We … vary with two characteristics: with the distance between two locations and with the endogenous decision to invest in a more … the endogeneity of the investment decision. Our results confirm that transport prices are influenced by both the distance …

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Why do OECD-Countries trade more?

de Groot, Henri L.F.; Linders, Gert-Jan; Rietveld, Piet - 2003

Ineffective institutions increase transaction costs and reduce trade. This paper shows that differences in the effectiveness of institutions offer an explanation for the tendency of OECD countries to trade disproportionately with each other, and with non-OECD countries.

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International Migration: A Global Complex Network

Tranos, Emmanouil; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012

Migration has become a prominent research theme in geography and regional science and it has been approached from various methodological angles. Nonetheless, a common missing element in most migration studies is the lack of awareness of the overall network topology, which characterizes migration...

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The missing globalization puzzle: another explanation

Siliverstovs, Boriss; Schumacher, Dieter - 2007

manufacturing products broken down by 25 three-digit ISIC Rev.2 categories. We estimate the distance coefficient using the log … that span the time period from 1970 till 2000. We observe a substantial decline in the value of the distance elasticity in …

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Do non-economic quality of life factors drive immigration?

Lewer, Joshua J.; Pacheco, Gail; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2009

This paper contributes to the immigration literature by generating two unique non-economic quality of life (QOL) indices and testing their role on recent migration patterns. Applying the generated quality of life indices in conjunction with other independent welfare measures to an extended...

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Disaggregated trade flows and the missing globalization puzzle

Siliverstovs, Boriss; Schumacher, Dieter - 2008

This study analyzes the stability of the distance coefficient values over time in the generalized gravity equation of … explaining the distance puzzle remain largely intact. We also illustrate how the aggregation bias could have contributed to a … typical finding of a non-declining trade-deterring role of distance in the existing literature. …

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Home Market and Traditional Effects on Comparative Advantage in a Gravity Approach

Schumacher, Dieter - 2003

Policy makers in "small" countries facing trade liberalisation have become concerned with the potential loss of manufacturing employment and output to "large" economies in the presence of economies of scale in production and international transport costs. This paper offers a methodology to...

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Financial Development, Financial Openness and Trade Openness: New evidence

Hanh, Pham Thi Hong - 2010

Employing the Pedroni co-integration technique and the GMM estimator, this paper aims at investigating the possible connection between financial development, financial openness and trade openness in twenty-nine Asian developing countries over 1994-2008. Firstly, we find a bidirectional causality...

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Forecasting trade

Keck, Alexander; Raubold, Alexander - 2006

This paper develops a set of time series models to provide short-term forecasts (6 to 18 months ahead) of international trade both at the global level and for selected regions. Our results compare favourably to other forecasts, notably by the International Monetary Fund, as measured by standard...

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