On the Conservation of Distance in International Trade

Using disaggregated bilateral trade data, we find that the elasticity of trade to distance increased (in absolute value) by about 10% since 1985. To explore the reasons for this shift, we decompose the change in the distance elasticity of trade into the part due to a shift in the composition of trad...

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Main Authors: Berthelon, Matias, Freund, Caroline
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5414