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Assessing the Impact of Communication Costs on International Trade

Recent research suggests that trade costs influence the pattern of specialization and trade, but there is limited empirical research on the determinants of trade costs. The existing literature identifies a range of barriers that separate nations, b...

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Main Authors:	Fink, Carsten, Mattoo, Aaditya, Neagu, Ileana Cristina
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE VALUE AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS ARBITRAGE BILATERAL TARIFF BILATERAL TARIFFS BILATERAL TRADE CHANGES IN TRADE CIF COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMUNICATION COSTS COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS COSTS CONSUMER PREFERENCES CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CUSTOMS DATA SOURCES DEMAND ELASTICITIES DOMESTIC PRODUCTS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELASTICITY OF TRADE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINAL GOODS FIXED COSTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL ANALYSIS FREIGHT GDP GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY FRAMEWORK GRAVITY MODEL IMPERFECT SUBSTITUTES IMPORT TARIFF IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCOME INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT LABOR COSTS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COSTS MEASURE OF TRADE MONOPOLIES MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION PATTERN OF SPECIALIZATION PATTERN OF TRADE PRODUCERS PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PROCESSES SUBSTITUTION ELASTICITIES SUNK COSTS TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF DATA TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FLOWS TRADE MODELS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE THEORIES TRADE VALUES TRAFFIC TRANSPORT COSTS UTILITY FUNCTION VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF TRADE VARIABLE COSTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/11/2079746/assessing-impact-communication-costs-international-trade http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19205

Assessing the Impact of Communication Costs on International Trade

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