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Geography of Trade Costs in Italy

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Michele Fratianni (Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University Kelley School of Business)
Francesco Marchionne (Universita Politecnica delle Marche)

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We show that economic development is associated with lower trade costs by applying a gravity equation to exports from 103 Italian provinces to 188 countries over the period 1995-2004. Italian provinces are heterogeneous with respect to trade costs.

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Paper provided by Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy in its series Working Papers with number 2008-01.

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Keywords: trade costs distance heterogeneity gravity equation

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F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Country and Industry Studies of Trade

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  1. Carrere, Celine, 2006. "Revisiting the effects of regional trade agreements on trade flows with proper specification of the gravity model," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(2), pages 223-247, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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