Understanding the Benefits of Regional Integration to Trade : The Application of a Gravity Model to the Case of Central America

Understanding the Benefits of Regional Integration to Trade : The Application of a Gravity Model to the Case of Central America

The paper identifies the impact of physical barriers to trade within Central America through the use of an augmented and partially constrained Gravity Model of Trade. Adjusting the Euclidian distance factor for Central America by real average trans...

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Main Authors: Gordillo, Darwin Marcelo, Stokenberga, Aiga, Schwartz, Jordan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ADVERSE EFFECTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
AIR
ARTERIES
BANANAS
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKS
BENEFITS OF TRADE
BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION
BEVERAGES
BILATERAL TRADE
BORDER CROSSING
BORDER CROSSINGS
BORDER TRADE
BOTTLENECKS
CA
CANE SUGAR
CASTINGS
CEREAL PRODUCTS
CIGARS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPETITIVENESS
CONGESTION
CORN
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
CUSTOMS PROCEDURES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DRIVERS
ECONOMIC COOPERATION
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMICS
ELASTICITIES
ELASTICITY
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
EXPORT BASKET
EXPORT BASKETS
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORT MARKETS
EXPORT PROCEDURES
EXPORT STRUCTURES
EXPORT VALUE
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TRADE
FOOD EXPORTS
FOOD IMPORTS
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN MARKETS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
FREE TRADE ZONES
FREIGHT
FRUIT
FRUITS
FUELS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GRAINS
GRAVITY EQUATION
GRAVITY MODEL
GRAVITY MODELS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH RATE
HAZARD
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPORT MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
MAIZE
MARKET SIZE
MARKET SIZE EFFECTS
METAL PRODUCTS
OPENNESS
OPTIMIZATION
PACKAGING
PALM OIL
PATTERNS OF TRADE
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PROCESSED FOODS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RAIL
RAIL SERVICES
RAILWAY
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION
RICE
ROAD
ROAD CONDITIONS
ROAD HAULAGE
ROAD QUALITY
ROADS
ROUTE
ROUTES
RUBBER
SEAFOOD
SPEEDS
STEEL
STEEL BARS
STEEL PRODUCTS
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TARIFF BARRIERS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DETERMINANTS
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE IMPEDIMENTS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE MODEL
TRADE MORE
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE PARTNERS
TRADE PATTERNS
TRADE PERFORMANCE
TRADE VARIABLES
TRADE VOLUMES
TRADE ZONE
TRADING PATTERNS
TRAFFIC
TRANSIT
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT MODES
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TUBES
VEGETABLE OILS
VEGETABLES
VITAMINS
WAXES
WHEAT
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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3990

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3990

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