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Trade Costs and Development: A New Data Set

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  • Arvis, Jean-François

    (World Bank)

  • Shepherd, Ben

    (World Bank)

  • Reis, José Guilherme

    (World Bank)

  • Duval, Yann

    (United Nations ESCAP)

  • Utoktham, Chorthip

    (United Nations ESCAP)

Abstract

The World Bank and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) jointly prepared a new global data set of bilateral trade costs based on trade and production data. Accessible on the World Bank Open Data Web site, it opens new analytical possibilities for policy makers and researchers working on trade integration. The data stress the importance of supply chains and connectivity constraints in explaining the higher costs and lower levels of trade integration observed in developing countries.

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  • Arvis, Jean-François & Shepherd, Ben & Reis, José Guilherme & Duval, Yann & Utoktham, Chorthip, 2013. "Trade Costs and Development: A New Data Set," World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank, issue 104, pages 1-4, January.
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    1. Jean-François Arvis & Yann Duval & Ben Shepherd & Chorthip Utoktham, 2012. "Trade Costs in the Developing World:1995 – 2010," Working Papers 12112, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
    2. Dennis Novy, 2013. "Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs With Panel Data," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 51(1), pages 101-121, January.
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • F5 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy

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