Exports and International Logistics

• Tác giả: Alberto Behar
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 355.41 Support operations
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 315431
• Chủ đề: 1. AD VALOREM; 2. AGGREGATE TRADE; 3. BARRIERS TO TRADE; 4. BENCHMARK; 5. BENCHMARKS

Tóm tắt

Do better international logistics reduce trade costs, raising a developing country's exports? Yes, but the magnitude of the effect depends on the country's size. The authors apply a gravity model that accounts for firm heterogeneity and multilateral resistance to a comprehensive new international logistics index. A one-standard deviation improvement in logistics is equivalent to a 14 percent reduction in distance. An average-sized developing country would raise exports by about 36 percent. Most countries are much smaller than average however, so the typical effect is 8 percent. This difference is chiefly due to multilateral resistance: it is bilateral trade costs relative to multilateral trade costs that matter for bilateral exports, and multilateral resistance is more important for small countries.