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Behind-the-Border Determinants of Bilateral Trade Flows in East Asia

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    (Asian Development Bank)

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This paper observes that the recent trends on trade-related documentary requirements, trading time, cost to trade, quality of physical infrastructure—including airports, ports, railroads, etc., telecommunications services, accessibility to finance, and contract enforcement procedures, appear to be mixed across East Asian economies and over time.

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  • Joel Hernandez, 2010. "Behind-the-Border Determinants of Bilateral Trade Flows in East Asia," Working Papers 8010, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada..
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    Keywords

    Behind-the Border; Bilateral Trade; East Asia;
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade

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