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Measuring the Width of National Borders

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The paper deals with three issues that are central to the combined use of intranational and international data to estimate the economic consequences of national borders. The first issue concerns the measurement of trading distances for transactions that take place within a country or region. The second issue relates to the use of coefficients from an estimated gravity relationship to express the border effect in terms of an equivalent distance. The author proposes a technique to avoid problems that have beset earlier attempts to do this. The third issue is the need to ensure that the border and distance effects are estimated independently.

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  • John F. Helliwell, 2002. "Measuring the Width of National Borders," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 10(3), pages 517-524, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:10:y:2002:i:3:p:517-524
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-9396.00347
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    1. Turrini, Alessandro & van Ypersele, Tanguy, 2010. "Traders, courts, and the border effect puzzle," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(2-3), pages 81-91, May.
    2. Jasmin Katrin Gröschl & Vincent Schippers & Thomas Steinwachs, 2020. "Borders, Roads and the Relocation of Economic Activity Due to Extreme Weather," CESifo Working Paper Series 8193, CESifo.
    3. Gabauer, David, 2021. "Dynamic measures of asymmetric & pairwise connectedness within an optimal currency area: Evidence from the ERM I system," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Elsevier, vol. 60(C).
    4. Gabriel Felbermayr & Jasmin Gröschl, 2014. "Within U.S. Trade And The Long Shadow Of The American Secession," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 52(1), pages 382-404, January.
    5. Arjan Lejour & J.W. de Paiva Verheijden, 2004. "Services trade within Canada and the European Union; what do they have in common?," CPB Discussion Paper 42, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    6. Hayakawa, Kazunobu, 2016. "Domestic and international border effects," IDE Discussion Papers 565, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
    7. Salas-Olmedo, María Henar & García, Patricia & Gutiérrez, Javier, 2015. "Accessibility and transport infrastructure improvement assessment: The role of borders and multilateral resistance," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 110-129.
    8. Arjan Lejour & J.W. de Paiva Verheijden, 2004. "Services trade within Canada and the European Union; what do they have in common?," CPB Discussion Paper 42.rdf, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis.
    9. van Ypersele, Tanguy & Turrini, Alessandro, 2006. "Legal Costs as Barriers to Trade," CEPR Discussion Papers 5751, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    10. George J. Georgopoulos, 2008. "Cross‐border mergers and acquisitions: does the exchange rate matter? Some evidence for Canada," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 41(2), pages 450-474, May.
    11. Juan Alcacer & Paul Ingram, 2008. "Spanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment," Harvard Business School Working Papers 09-045, Harvard Business School.

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