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Trade Facilitation and Export Diversification

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dc.contributor.authorDennis, Allen
dc.contributor.authorShepherd, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:33:49Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThis paper shows that improved trade facilitation can help promote export diversification in developing countries. We find that 10 per cent reductions in the costs of international transport and domestic exporting costs (documentation, inland transport, port and customs charges) are associated with export diversification gains of 4 and 3 per cent, respectively, in a sample of 118 developing countries. Customs costs play a particularly important role in these results. Lower market entry costs can also promote diversification, but the effect is weaker (1 per cent). We also find evidence that trade facilitation has stronger effects on diversification in poorer countries. Our results are highly robust to estimation using alternative dependent and independent variables, different country samples, and alternative econometric techniques. We link these findings to recent advances in trade theory that emphasise firm heterogeneity, and trade growth at the extensive margin.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Economy
dc.identifier.issn03785920
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5642
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectTrade Policy
dc.subjectInternational Trade Organizations F130
dc.subjectCountry and Industry Studies of Trade F140
dc.subjectInternational Linkages to Development
dc.subjectRole of International Organizations O190
dc.subjectSocialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid P330
dc.titleTrade Facilitation and Export Diversificationen
dc.title.alternativeWorld Economyen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.identifier.externaldocumentum574
okr.journal.nbpages101-122
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0378-5920
okr.volume34
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