Differing Trade Elasticities for Intra- and International Distances: a Gravity Approach
| Title: | Differing Trade Elasticities for Intra- and International Distances: a Gravity Approach |
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| Authors: | Jason Query |
| Contributors: | The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: | http://www.freit.org/WorkingPapers/Papers/Transportation/FREIT792.pdf. |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Collection: | CiteSeerX |
| Subject Terms: | Trade; Distance; Gravity Model; Intranational Trade Costs |
| Description: | Using the gravity model of trade, I estimate the impact of the internal distance a traded good travels within its originating country on international trade levels. Com-bining multiple data sets, I create a measure for the distance a U.S. produced good travels before leaving the country. Using potential, rather than actual, production of agricultural goods as an instrument, I find that internal distance is statistically signif-icant and large in magnitude. A 10 % reduction in the distance a good travels within the exporting country increases trade by roughly 16%. |
| Document Type: | text |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.2630; http://www.freit.org/WorkingPapers/Papers/Transportation/FREIT792.pdf |
| Availability: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.2630; http://www.freit.org/WorkingPapers/Papers/Transportation/FREIT792.pdf |
| Rights: | Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.6301B1CC |
| Database: | BASE |