On the Conservation of Distance in International Trade

On the Conservation of Distance in International Trade

The volume of world trade has grown more than twice as fast as real world income since 1980. Surprisingly, the effect of distance on trade has increased during this period. It could be that countries are trading greater volumes of goods that are hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Berthelon, Matias, Freund, Caroline
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AGGREGATE TRADE
AVERAGE TRADE
BENCHMARK
BILATERAL TRADE
BILATERAL TRADE DATA
CHANGES IN TRADE
CIF
COMMODITIES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONTAINERIZATION
CUSTOMS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF TRADE
EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXPORT SUPPLY
EXPORTS
FOREIGN MARKETS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
FUELS
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY ESTIMATES
GRAVITY MODEL
GRAVITY MODELS
IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPORTS
INCOME
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
MACROECONOMICS
MARKET STRUCTURE
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPENNESS
PATTERN OF TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
PRODUCTION COSTS
REAL GDP
REGIONALISM
REGIONALIZATION
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TRADE COSTS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE PARTNERS
TRADE POLICY
TRADING BLOCS
TRANSACTIONS COSTS
TRANSPORT COSTS
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
VOLUME OF TRADE
WORLD TRADE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4270411/conservation-distance-international-trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13888

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/4270411/conservation-distance-international-trade
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13888

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