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Communication Costs and Trade of Differentiated Goods

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  • Linghui Tang
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    This paper investigates how the decline of communication costs affects the pattern of trade in differentiated goods. It is found that the development of information technology (IT) has significantly increased US imports of differentiated goods after the 1970s. In addition, the modern communication technology has assisted small economies from exporting homogeneous goods to exporting more and more differentiated goods in recent years. Copyright � 2006 The Authors; Journal compilation � Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2006.

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    Article provided by Wiley Blackwell in its journal Review of International Economics.

    Volume (Year): 14 (2006)
    Issue (Month): 1 (02)
    Pages: 54-68

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    Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:14:y:2006:i:1:p:54-68

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    1. Tang, Linghui, 2006. "What accounts for the growth of trade in differentiated goods: Economic causes or technological imperatives?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 91(2), pages 204-209, May.
    2. Wolf-Heimo Grieben & Fuat Sener, 2009. "Labor Unions, Globalization, and Mercantilism," CESifo Working Paper Series 2889, CESifo Group Munich.
    3. Giancarlo Corsetti & Philippe Martin & Paolo Pesenti, 2008. "Varieties and the Transfer Problem: The Extensive Margin of Current Account Adjustment," NBER Working Papers 13795, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    4. Jonathan Timmis, . "The Internet and International Trade in Goods," Discussion Papers 12/08, University of Nottingham, GEP.
    5. Bojnec, Stefan & Ferto, Imre, 2009. "Communication Costs and Agro-Food Trade in OECD Countries," 83rd Annual Conference, March 30-April 1, 2009, Dublin, Ireland 50937, Agricultural Economics Society.
    6. Azim M. Sadikov, 2007. "Border and Behind-the-Border Trade Barriers and Country Exports," IMF Working Papers 07/292, International Monetary Fund.
    7. Jonathan Timmis, . "The Internet and International Trade in Goods," Discussion Papers 12/03, University of Nottingham, School of Economics.

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