Geography and Intra-National Home Bias: U.S. Domestic Trade in 1949 and 2007

Arbeitspapier

This paper examines home bias in U.S. domestic trade in 1949 and 2007. We use a unique data set of 1949 carload waybill statistics produced by the Interstate Commerce Commission, and 2007 Commodity Flow Survey data. The results show that home bias was considerably smaller in 1949 than in 2007 and that home bias in 1949 was even negative for several commodities. We argue that the difference between the geographical distribution of the manufacturing activities in 1949 and that of 2007 is an important factor explaining the differences in the magnitudes of home-bias estimates in those years.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: School of Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 1302

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Trade and Environment
• Subject: intra-national home bias ; spatial clustering ; manufacturing belt ; gravity equation ; Interregionaler Handel ; Home Bias Puzzle ; Industrie ; Regionales Cluster ; Gravitationsmodell ; Schätzung ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Crafts, Nicholas ; Klein, Alexander
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Kent, School of Economics
• (where): Canterbury
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/105574
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET