Arbeitspapier

The gravity equation with micro-founded trade costs

Gravity Equations are broadly used to estimate the impacts of trade impediments on trade flows. It is often stated that results are implausibly high. In theoretical foundations of the gravity equation, trade costs usually enter as icebergmelting-costs. This paper offers an alternative approach to model trade costs. From a microeconomic point of view, trade costs should depend on trade input prices and - which is new - the underlying trade volume. If trade costs are determined by the trade volume, and average trade costs are falling with the trade volume (e.g. due to economies of scale in the trade sector), empirical results from gravity equations are likely to be biased.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 11/09

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Trade: General
Model Construction and Estimation
Thema
gravity equation
trade costs
estimation bias

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Rudolph, Stephan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften
(wo)
Dresden
(wann)
2009

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Rudolph, Stephan
  • Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Entstanden

  • 2009

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