Trading on Time

• Tác giả: Simeon Djankov
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 529.76 Chronology
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 325217
• Chủ đề: 1. AGGREGATE EXPORTS; 2. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; 3. AGRICULTURAL TRADE; 4. AGRICULTURE; 5. AIR FREIGHT

Tóm tắt

The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On average, each additional day that a product is delayed prior to being shipped reduces trade by at least 1 percent. Put differently, each day is equivalent to a country distancing itself from its trade partners by 70 kilometers on average. Delays have an even greater impact on developing country exports and exports of time-sensitive goods, such as perishable agricultural products. In particular, a day's delay reduces a country's relative exports of time-sensitive to time-insensitive agricultural goods by 6 percent.