Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics

This paper shows that networked trade in parts and components is more sensitive to the importing country's logistics performance than is trade in final goods. In the baseline specification, the difference between the two trade semi-elasticitie...

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Main Authors: Saslavsky, Daniel, Shepherd, Ben
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16821047/facilitating-international-production-networks-role-trade-logistics
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spelling okr-10986-120612021-04-23T14:02:59Z Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics Saslavsky, Daniel Shepherd, Ben AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AGRICULTURE APPAREL APPLIED RESEARCH BARRIERS TO TRADE BENCHMARK BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL TRADE CARRIERS CHANGES IN TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS VALUE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY ECONOMETRIC MODELING ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF TRADE EQUILIBRIUM EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINAL GOODS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDERS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL HARMONIZED SYSTEM IMPACT OF TRADE INCOME ELASTICITIES INCREASING RETURNS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES INVENTORY LOGISTICS COSTS MARKET ACCESS MEASURE OF TRADE MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NATIONAL LOGISTICS OIL PRICES OPENNESS OUTSOURCING POLITICAL ECONOMY REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE SHIPMENTS SUPPLY CHAINS TAX RATES TRADE BARRIER TRADE BARRIERS TRADE CONTEXT TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOW DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE REGIME TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT COSTS VALUE ADDED VALUE OF IMPORTS VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION VOLUME OF TRADE WAGE RATES WAGES WORLD TRADE This paper shows that networked trade in parts and components is more sensitive to the importing country's logistics performance than is trade in final goods. In the baseline specification, the difference between the two trade semi-elasticities is around 45 percent, which suggests that the effect is quantitatively important. In addition, the analysis finds that logistics performance is particularly important for trade in the Asia-Pacific region, which is exactly where the emergence of international production networks has been most pronounced over recent years. The results suggest that policymakers can support the development of international production networks by helping improve trade logistics performance. 2013-01-03T17:43:26Z 2013-01-03T17:43:26Z 2012-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16821047/facilitating-international-production-networks-role-trade-logistics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12061 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6224 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic AGGREGATE TRADE
AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS
AGRICULTURE
APPAREL
APPLIED RESEARCH
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BENCHMARK
BENEFITS OF TRADE
BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION
BILATERAL TRADE
CARRIERS
CHANGES IN TRADE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS VALUE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMETRIC MODELING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF TRADE
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FINAL GOODS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY MODEL
HARMONIZED SYSTEM
IMPACT OF TRADE
INCOME ELASTICITIES
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOGISTICS COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MEASURE OF TRADE
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NATIONAL LOGISTICS
OIL PRICES
OPENNESS
OUTSOURCING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
SHIPMENTS
SUPPLY CHAINS
TAX RATES
TRADE BARRIER
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE CONTEXT
TRADE COSTS
TRADE DATA
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOW DATA
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE INTENSITY
TRADE LOGISTICS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGIME
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSPORT COSTS
VALUE ADDED
VALUE OF IMPORTS
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
VOLUME OF TRADE
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WORLD TRADE
spellingShingle AGGREGATE TRADE
AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS
AGRICULTURE
APPAREL
APPLIED RESEARCH
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BENCHMARK
BENEFITS OF TRADE
BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION
BILATERAL TRADE
CARRIERS
CHANGES IN TRADE
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS VALUE
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
ECONOMETRIC MODELING
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF TRADE
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORT PERFORMANCE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FINAL GOODS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT FORWARDERS
FUTURE RESEARCH
GDP
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY MODEL
HARMONIZED SYSTEM
IMPACT OF TRADE
INCOME ELASTICITIES
INCREASING RETURNS
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES
INTERMEDIATE GOODS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOGISTICS COSTS
MARKET ACCESS
MEASURE OF TRADE
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NATIONAL LOGISTICS
OIL PRICES
OPENNESS
OUTSOURCING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
SHIPMENTS
SUPPLY CHAINS
TAX RATES
TRADE BARRIER
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE CONTEXT
TRADE COSTS
TRADE DATA
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOW DATA
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE INTENSITY
TRADE LOGISTICS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REGIME
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSPORT COSTS
VALUE ADDED
VALUE OF IMPORTS
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
VOLUME OF TRADE
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WORLD TRADE
Saslavsky, Daniel
Shepherd, Ben
Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6224
description This paper shows that networked trade in parts and components is more sensitive to the importing country's logistics performance than is trade in final goods. In the baseline specification, the difference between the two trade semi-elasticities is around 45 percent, which suggests that the effect is quantitatively important. In addition, the analysis finds that logistics performance is particularly important for trade in the Asia-Pacific region, which is exactly where the emergence of international production networks has been most pronounced over recent years. The results suggest that policymakers can support the development of international production networks by helping improve trade logistics performance.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Saslavsky, Daniel
Shepherd, Ben
author_facet Saslavsky, Daniel
Shepherd, Ben
author_sort Saslavsky, Daniel
title Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
title_short Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
title_full Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
title_fullStr Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics
title_sort facilitating international production networks : the role of trade logistics
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16821047/facilitating-international-production-networks-role-trade-logistics
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12061
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