Distance, production, trade and growth: A note

Arbeitspapier

This short note tries to argue that distance is not necessarily harmful for trade. It is shown that there may be an increase in the production and volume of trade if time zones of the trading nations are non-overlapping. This implies a positive effect of distance on the volume of trade. It is also shown that exploitation of time zone difference raises welfare and ensures capital accumulation. The note builds on the emerging literature on time zones and pure theory of international trade.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Economics Discussion Papers ; No. 2014-14

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: trade ; time zone

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Mandal, Biswajit
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/95911
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET