Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement

Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement

This paper studies the effects of removing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and India on aggregate real income and the distribution of population and real income within both countries. The paper uses a spatial general equilibrium mod...

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Main Authors: Herrera Dappe, Matias, Lebrand, Mathilde, Van Patten, Diana
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
CROSS-BORDER TRADE
SPATIAL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
TRADE AND GEOGRAPHY
TRADE CORRIDOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635471616767281403/Bridging-Bangladesh-and-India-Cross-Border-Trade-and-the-Motor-Vehicles-Agreement
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spelling okr-10986-353562022-09-20T00:09:54Z Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement Herrera Dappe, Matias Lebrand, Mathilde Van Patten, Diana ECONOMIC INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES CROSS-BORDER TRADE SPATIAL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM TRADE AND GEOGRAPHY TRADE CORRIDOR This paper studies the effects of removing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and India on aggregate real income and the distribution of population and real income within both countries. The paper uses a spatial general equilibrium model calibrated to these two economies, along with road network travel time calculated using GPS data, to measure changes in economic outcomes given changes in trade costs across regions. The paper focuses on the Motor Vehicles Agreement between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal and full transport and trade integration between Bangladesh and India. The counterfactual exercises show that decreasing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and India can lead to up to a 7.6 percent increase in national real income for India and a 16.6 percent increase for Bangladesh. 2021-04-02T14:00:43Z 2021-04-02T14:00:43Z 2021-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635471616767281403/Bridging-Bangladesh-and-India-Cross-Border-Trade-and-the-Motor-Vehicles-Agreement http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35356 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9592 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 South Asia Bangladesh Bhutan India Nepal
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topic ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
CROSS-BORDER TRADE
SPATIAL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
TRADE AND GEOGRAPHY
TRADE CORRIDOR
spellingShingle ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
CROSS-BORDER TRADE
SPATIAL GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
TRADE AND GEOGRAPHY
TRADE CORRIDOR
Herrera Dappe, Matias
Lebrand, Mathilde
Van Patten, Diana
Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
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Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9592
description This paper studies the effects of removing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and India on aggregate real income and the distribution of population and real income within both countries. The paper uses a spatial general equilibrium model calibrated to these two economies, along with road network travel time calculated using GPS data, to measure changes in economic outcomes given changes in trade costs across regions. The paper focuses on the Motor Vehicles Agreement between Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal and full transport and trade integration between Bangladesh and India. The counterfactual exercises show that decreasing transport and trade barriers between Bangladesh and India can lead to up to a 7.6 percent increase in national real income for India and a 16.6 percent increase for Bangladesh.
format Working Paper
author Herrera Dappe, Matias
Lebrand, Mathilde
Van Patten, Diana
author_facet Herrera Dappe, Matias
Lebrand, Mathilde
Van Patten, Diana
author_sort Herrera Dappe, Matias
title Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
title_short Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
title_full Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
title_fullStr Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
title_full_unstemmed Bridging Bangladesh and India : Cross-Border Trade and the Motor Vehicles Agreement
title_sort bridging bangladesh and india : cross-border trade and the motor vehicles agreement
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/635471616767281403/Bridging-Bangladesh-and-India-Cross-Border-Trade-and-the-Motor-Vehicles-Agreement
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