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Bilateral trade and similarity of income distributions: The role of second moments

Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - In: Economics Letters 126 (2015) C, pp. 159-162

This letter uses an augmented gravity model to revisit the effect of similarity in income distributions on bilateral trade flows. We document a robust new empirical regularity: while differences in average incomes between two countries increase trade, differences in income dispersion reduce it....

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Bilateral Trade and Similarity of Income Distributions: The Role of Second Moments

Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2014

hypothesis and strengthens the role of non-homothetic preferencesin trade theory. …

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Warum exportiert der Osten so wenig? Eine empirische Analyse der Exportaktivitäten deutscher Bundesländer

Zeddies, Götz - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 3 (2009) 4, pp. 241-264

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Can Gravity Model Explain BIMSTEC’s Trade?

Kabir, Mahfuz; Salim, Ruhul - In: Journal of Economic Integration 25 (2010), pp. 144-166

This paper examines the trading pattern of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi- Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) by employing an augmented gravity model. The econometric specification followed Egger (2000, 2002), Baltagi et al. (2003) and Serlenga and Shin (2007). Diagnostic...

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MARKET OVERLAP AND THE DIRECTION OF EXPORTS - a new approach of assessing the Linder hypothesis

Bohman, Helena; Nilsson, Desirée - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007

The Linder hypothesis states that countries will trade more intensively with countries that have similar structures of demand. We suggest an alternative method of assessing the hypothesis, incorporating the distribution of income within a country. The variables that we develop capture the...

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Rising Income Inequality; Technology, o+L3904r Trade and Financial Globalization?

Papageorgiou, Chris; Lall, Subir; Jaumotte, Florence - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

We examine the relationship between trade and financial globalization and the rise in inequality in most countries in recent decades. We find technological progress as having a greater impact than globalization on inequality. The limited overall impact of globalization reflects two offsetting...

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Can Growth of a Trading Partner Harm a Country?

Tong Soo, Kwok - In: Journal of Economic Integration 23 (2008), pp. 57-74

Can growth of a trading partner harm a country? This paper seeks to answer this question through the use of an eclectic trade model which is similar in flavour to Markusen (1986). This paper makes two contributions. First, it develops a simple and tractable model of international trade based on...

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What does the eclectic trade model say about the Samuelson conundrum?

Soo, K T - Department of Economics, Management School - 2006

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Poverty and Price Transmission

Elleby, Christian - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2014

This paper analyzes the relationship between international and domestic food prices in a stylized economic model. The model is based on the empirically sound principle of quality substitution and a dichotomy between traded and domestic goods. Households are equipped with preferences which make...

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Poverty and Price Transmission

Elleby, Christian - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2014

A key parameter determining the welfare impact from a world market shock is the transmission elasticity which measures … a model which explains a country's domestic price response to world market shocks in terms of its demand structure. The … fact that the majority of the world's poor today live in middle-income countries. …

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