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sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: to develop awareness of costs related to the …
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sizes around the world. The case of pallets is examined to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of standards on trade costs …. We select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too sophisticated, and data … because of the lack of rental and exchange pallet markets. To mitigate the costs of this multiplicity of standards, the World …
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sizes around the world. The case of pallets is examined to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of standards on trade costs …. We select this case because pallets are used all over the world, pallet standards are not too sophisticated, and data on …
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sizes around the world. Raballand and Aldaz-Carroll examine the case of pallets to illustrate the impact of multiplicity of … standards on trade costs. They select this case because pallets are used all around the world, pallet standards are not too … standards, the World Bank's strategy should be divided in two directions: To develop awareness of costs related to the …
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Entrepôts are hubs that facilitate trade between various origins and destinations. We study the role these hubs, and the networks they form, play in international trade. Using novel data, we trace the paths of containerized goods entering the United States. We show that the majority of trade is...
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"What is the role of transport improvements in globalization? We argue that the nineteenth century is the ideal testing ground for this question: freight rates fell on average by 50% while global trade increased 400% from 1870 to 1913. We estimate the first indices of bilateral freight rates for...
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