Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications
This paper examines the issue of measuring logistics costs from an applied trade policy research perspective, as well as identifying logistics-intensive sectors. It focuses on currently available data at the macro-and firm-levels. This paper has...
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okr-10986-267242021-04-23T14:04:37Z Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications Shepherd, Ben AD VALOREM AGRICULTURE BILATERAL TRADE BOOKMARK BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOGISTICS COLLECTION OF DATA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CUSTOM DATA COVERAGE DATA ELEMENT DATA LIMITATIONS E-MAIL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION END USERS ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORTS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FUEL FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LICENSES LOGISTICS COSTS LOGISTICS EXPENDITURES LOGISTICS PROVIDERS MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MATERIAL NATIONAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OUTSOURCING PASSENGER SERVICES PDF PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE COMPARISONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD PROJECTS SHIPMENTS SHIPPING SUPPLY CHAIN TARIFF BARRIERS TELEPHONE TIME PERIODS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DATABASES TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OUTCOMES TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADITIONAL MARKET TRANSACTION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SERVICES EXPORTS TRANSPORTATION TRUE USES VALUE ADDED WAREHOUSING WTO This paper examines the issue of measuring logistics costs from an applied trade policy research perspective, as well as identifying logistics-intensive sectors. It focuses on currently available data at the macro-and firm-levels. This paper has two main aims. First, it provides a first overview of currently available data relevant to logistics, and suggests some preliminary applications. The second objective of this paper is to frame the issue of logistics cost measurement and data collection in terms of the types of inputs needed for applied trade policy research. The paper is organized as follows. The next section presents an overview of possible directions in applied trade policy research using logistics data. Section three examines existing data sources that can be used to measure domestic logistics costs, focusing on the national accounts, input-output tables, price comparisons, and firm-level data. Section four presents a new methodology for measuring international trade costs, and identifies the proportion of those costs due to logistics. Section five uses input-output data to identify logistics-intensive sectors in a range of countries. Section six concludes. This paper has explored a number of different data sources and methodologies in an effort to move forward on the analysis of logistics costs from a trade policy research perspective. In the future, it will be important to distinguish between data collection efforts that are industry-driven-such as estimates of total logistics costs in Gross Domestic Product (GDP)-and those that are research-driven. Moving further in this direction will help fuel research that identifies sectors in particular countries that are most sensitive to improvements in logistics performance, and which therefore will tend to expand relative to other sectors in the face of logistics sector reforms. From a policy and political economy point of view, it will be important to identify such sectors and make them aware of the potential role logistics can play in facilitating their growth. 2017-05-23T15:49:13Z 2017-05-23T15:49:13Z 2011 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455781468153272478/Logistics-costs-and-competitiveness-measurement-and-trade-policy-applications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26724 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AD VALOREM AGRICULTURE BILATERAL TRADE BOOKMARK BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOGISTICS COLLECTION OF DATA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CUSTOM DATA COVERAGE DATA ELEMENT DATA LIMITATIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION END USERS ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORTS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FUEL FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LICENSES LOGISTICS COSTS LOGISTICS EXPENDITURES LOGISTICS PROVIDERS MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MATERIAL NATIONAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OUTSOURCING PASSENGER SERVICES PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE COMPARISONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD PROJECTS SHIPMENTS SHIPPING SUPPLY CHAIN TARIFF BARRIERS TELEPHONE TIME PERIODS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DATABASES TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OUTCOMES TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADITIONAL MARKET TRANSACTION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SERVICES EXPORTS TRANSPORTATION TRUE USES VALUE ADDED WAREHOUSING WTO |
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AD VALOREM AGRICULTURE BILATERAL TRADE BOOKMARK BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS LOGISTICS COLLECTION OF DATA COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CUSTOM DATA COVERAGE DATA ELEMENT DATA LIMITATIONS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION END USERS ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EXPORTS FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDING FUEL FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMY INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LICENSES LOGISTICS COSTS LOGISTICS EXPENDITURES LOGISTICS PROVIDERS MACROECONOMICS MANUFACTURING MARKET ACCESS MATERIAL NATIONAL LOGISTICS NETWORKS NEW MARKETS OUTSOURCING PASSENGER SERVICES PER CAPITA INCOME PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE COMPARISONS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETAIL TRADE ROAD ROAD PROJECTS SHIPMENTS SHIPPING SUPPLY CHAIN TARIFF BARRIERS TELEPHONE TIME PERIODS TOTAL COSTS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DATABASES TRADE FACILITATION TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE OUTCOMES TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADITIONAL MARKET TRANSACTION TRANSACTIONS COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT DATA TRANSPORT RESEARCH TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORT SERVICES EXPORTS TRANSPORTATION TRUE USES VALUE ADDED WAREHOUSING WTO Shepherd, Ben Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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This paper examines the issue of
measuring logistics costs from an applied trade policy
research perspective, as well as identifying
logistics-intensive sectors. It focuses on currently
available data at the macro-and firm-levels. This paper has
two main aims. First, it provides a first overview of
currently available data relevant to logistics, and suggests
some preliminary applications. The second objective of this
paper is to frame the issue of logistics cost measurement
and data collection in terms of the types of inputs needed
for applied trade policy research. The paper is organized as
follows. The next section presents an overview of possible
directions in applied trade policy research using logistics
data. Section three examines existing data sources that can
be used to measure domestic logistics costs, focusing on the
national accounts, input-output tables, price comparisons,
and firm-level data. Section four presents a new methodology
for measuring international trade costs, and identifies the
proportion of those costs due to logistics. Section five
uses input-output data to identify logistics-intensive
sectors in a range of countries. Section six concludes. This
paper has explored a number of different data sources and
methodologies in an effort to move forward on the analysis
of logistics costs from a trade policy research perspective.
In the future, it will be important to distinguish between
data collection efforts that are industry-driven-such as
estimates of total logistics costs in Gross Domestic Product
(GDP)-and those that are research-driven. Moving further in
this direction will help fuel research that identifies
sectors in particular countries that are most sensitive to
improvements in logistics performance, and which therefore
will tend to expand relative to other sectors in the face of
logistics sector reforms. From a policy and political
economy point of view, it will be important to identify such
sectors and make them aware of the potential role logistics
can play in facilitating their growth. |
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Shepherd, Ben |
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Shepherd, Ben |
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Shepherd, Ben |
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Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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Logistics Costs and Competitiveness : Measurement and Trade Policy Applications |
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logistics costs and competitiveness : measurement and trade policy applications |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/455781468153272478/Logistics-costs-and-competitiveness-measurement-and-trade-policy-applications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26724 |
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