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On the Specification of the Gravity Model of Trade: Zeros, Excess Zeros and Zero-Inflated Estimation

Burger, M.J.; Oort, F.G. van; Linders, G.J.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2009

Conventional studies of bilateral trade patterns specify a log-normal gravity equation for empirical estimation. However, the log-normal gravity equation suffers from three problems: the bias created by the logarithmic transformation, the failure of the homoscedasticity assumption, and the way...

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On the Specification of the Gravity Model of Trade: Zeros, Excess Zeros and Zero-Inflated Estimation

Burger, Martijn Johan; Oort, Frank van; Linders, … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2009

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International service transactions: Is time a trade barrier in a connected world?

Dettmer, Bianka - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

distance between business partners is still relevant even when information and communication technologies (ICT) provide …

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South-South Trade In Goods

Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Shepherd, Ben - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2006

-South trade. Analysis shows that far from experiencing a ?death of distance?, South-South trade is still severely... …

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Explaining MERCOSUR sectoral exports to the EU: The role of economic and geographical distance

Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Felicitas Nowak-Lehmann D. - EconWPA - 2003

economic distance. We argue that products which are highly sensitive to economic distance (proxied with absolute differences in … per capita income) and barely sensitive to geographical distance are the best candidates for future trade between the … different sensitivity to distance and highlight the importance of using disaggregated data when analysing international trade …

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Trends and Drivers of Bilateral FDI Flows in Developing Asia

Hattari, Rabin; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2008

and informational distance (proxied by distance), real sector variables, financial variables and institutional quality are …

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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) in Developing Asia: The Role of Financial Variables

Hattari, Rabin; Rajan, Ramkishen S. - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2009

This paper examines cross-border M&A activities in a large panel which includes many developing Asian economies. How important are financial drivers of M&As in the region, particularly financial risks such as market risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk? How significant are intra-(developing)...

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SOURCES OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS TO DEVELOPING ASIA: THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME ZONE

HATTARI, RABIN; RAJAN, RAMKISHEN S. - In: China Economic Policy Review (CEPR) 01 (2012) 02, pp. 1250013-1

economies, with an emphasis on the role of distance and time zone. We find that the elasticity of distance is much greater for …

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Nepal's Trade Flows: Evidence from Gravity Model

Thapa, Surya Bahadur - In: 2014, Volume 26, Issue 2 24 (2012) 1

function of the distance between them. The study has used coefficients of the model to predict Nepal’s foreign trade for the …

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Nepal's Trade Flows: Evidence from Gravity Model

Thapa, Surya Bahadur - In: 2014, Volume 26, Issue 2 24 (2012) 1, pp. 16-27

function of the distance between them. The study has used coefficients of the model to predict Nepal’s foreign trade for the …

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