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| dc.title | Regional Integration and Trade Cost in South Asia |
| dc.contributor.author | Banik, Nilankan |
| dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, John |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| dc.coverage | Asia |
| dc.date.available | 2011-10-14T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2008-06-17T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | Until now, amount of inter-country trade within South Asian nations have been low. While similarities in exports profile can be seen as a reason for this low value of trade it might not be a valid one, especially in presence of growing South Asian income. Intra-industry trade theory suggests that complementarity might actually increase trade in presence of a rising income. There can be other important factors, such as, trade costs. Using an augmented gravity model in a panel framework the authors try to identify the components of trade costs that might have resulted in lower inter-country South Asian trade. This paper was prepared for the Latin America/Caribbean and Asia/Pacific Economics and Business Association (LAEBA)'s 4th Annual Meeting held in Lima, Peru, on June 17, 2008. |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011317 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Regional-Integration-and-Trade-Cost-in-South-Asia.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Integration and Trade |
| dc.subject.jelcode | C32 - Time-Series Models • Dynamic Quantile Regressions • Dynamic Treatment Effect Models • Diffusion Processes • State Space Models |
| dc.subject.jelcode | F02 - International Economic Order and Integration |
| dc.subject.jelcode | F15 - Economic Integration |
| dc.subject.keywords | Regional Integration, Trade Cost, South Asia, Gravity model, Fourth LAEBA Annual Meeting |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |