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 …

that adoption of broadband internet makes trade patterns more sensitive to distance and economic size. Going from no … broadband availability to full coverage increases the magnitude of the elasticity of trade with respect to distance by 0.12, and … the elasticity of trade with respect to destination size by 0.06. For distance, this means that an increase in internet …

This paper presents a survey of the so-called 'New Economic Geography' (NEG) approach to International Trade, giving … particular emphasis to the impact of labour mobility on the spatial distribution of economic activities across integrated … importance of backward and forward linkages. This deters producers from setting up economic activities in the core and might in …

) smaller export markets feature a larger TI share, (iii) the TI share is independent from variable (distance-dependent) export …

economic integration agreements' (EIAs') partial effects on trade flows far exceeds that explained simply by variation in depth … distance and adjacency, capturing variable natural trade costs; however, the heterogeneity in EIAs' partial effects on the … extensive margin is explained empirically by distance and adjacency, as well as several other cultural and institutional …