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Trade Costs, Barriers to Entry, and Export Diversification in Developing Countries

dc.contributor.authorDennis, Allen
dc.contributor.authorShepherd, Ben
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-07T14:54:44Z
dc.date.available2012-06-07T14:54:44Z
dc.date.issued2007-09
dc.description.abstractThis paper finds that a 1 percent reduction in the cost of exporting or the cost of international transport is associated with an export diversification gain of 0.3 percent or 0.4 percent respectively. Lower domestic market entry costs can also promote diversification, but the elasticity is weaker (-0.1). To obtain these results, the authors construct new measures of export diversification for 118 developing countries using highly detailed 8-digit mirror data from the European Union. The analysis also incorporates new export cost data from the World Bank's Doing Business database, covering document preparation, inland transport, administrative fees, and port/customs charges. Findings are highly robust, including to the use of geography and colonial history as instruments for trade and entry costs. Both the signs and relative magnitudes of these effects are consistent with predictions from a heterogeneous firms model of trade with asymmetric costs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8367098/trade-costs-barriers-entry-export-diversification-developing-countries
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7385
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4368
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCDI
dc.subjectDIO
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectID
dc.subjectINLAND TRANSPORT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT
dc.subjectJA
dc.subjectMT
dc.subjectRCD
dc.subjectTRADE FACILITATION
dc.titleTrade Costs, Barriers to Entry, and Export Diversification in Developing Countriesen
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8367098/trade-costs-barriers-entry-export-diversification-developing-countries
okr.globalpracticeSocial, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeFinance and Markets
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4368
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20070925144522
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum8367098
okr.identifier.reportWPS4368
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/09/25/000158349_20070925144522/Rendered/PDF/WPS4368.pdfen
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::E-Finance and E-Security
okr.topicMining and Extractive Industry (Non-Energy)
okr.topicTransport Economics Policy and Planning
okr.topicHousing and Human Habitats
okr.topicEducation::Educational Technology and Distance Education
okr.topicTransport
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements
okr.topicIndustry
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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