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What Explains the Volume and Composition of Trade?: Industrial Evidence from a Panel of Countries

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  • Åsa Johansson

    (OECD)

  • Przemyslaw Kowalski

    (OECD)

  • Eduardo Olaberría

    (OECD)

  • Dario Pellegrino

Abstract

This paper quantifies the importance of different determinants of trade at the industry level using a sample of 54 OECD and non-OECD economies. The empirical methodology extends the approach of previous empirical studies to explicitly quantify the impact that trading partners’ factor endowments and policies have on bilateral trade, and to analyse the effect of tariffs on the volume and composition of trade. We find that distance, common language, common border and regional trade agreements are important determinants of overall trade, and that factor endowments, policies and institutions, of both the exporter and its trading partners, are main determinants of what and where a country exports. By contrast, we find that trade policies based on tariffs on imported goods not only generate negative spillovers to trading partners by reducing their exports, but they are also likely to reduce exports of countries that impose the tariffs, in particular in industries that rely more on intermediate goods. Quels sont les déterminants du volume et de la composition des échanges? : Analyse empirique sur des données de panel de divers pays Ce document évalue l'importance des différents déterminants des flux commerciaux à un niveau industriel dans 54 pays membres et non membres de l’OCDE. La méthode empirique étend l'approche de travaux empiriques antérieurs à la quantification explicite de l’impact que les dotations factorielles des partenaires commerciaux et les politiques ont sur le commerce bilatéral et à l’analyse des effets des tarifs sur le volume et la composition des échanges. Nous constatons d’une part, que la distance, la langue et la frontière communes ainsi que les accords commerciaux régionaux sont autant de facteurs déterminants des échanges commerciaux et, d’autre part, que les dotations factorielles ainsi que les politiques et institutions des pays exportateurs et de leurs partenaires commerciaux ont une influence cruciale sur la composition des exportations et leur destination. En revanche, nous constatons que les politiques commerciales qui reposent sur les droits de douanes des biens importés nuisent, non seulement, aux partenaires commerciaux en réduisant leurs exportations mais peuvent aussi nuire à leurs propres exportations en particulier dans les industries qui dépendent davantage des biens intermédiaires.

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  • Åsa Johansson & Przemyslaw Kowalski & Eduardo Olaberría & Dario Pellegrino, 2014. "What Explains the Volume and Composition of Trade?: Industrial Evidence from a Panel of Countries," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1128, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1128-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jz2hz3tm6vj-en
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    Cited by:

    1. Arta Mulliqi & Nick Adnett & Mehtap Hisarciklilar & Artane Rizvanolli, 2018. "Human Capital and International Competitiveness in Europe, with Special Reference to Transition Economies," Eastern European Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(6), pages 541-563, November.
    2. Åsa Johansson & Eduardo Olaberría, 2014. "Long-term Patterns of Trade and Specialisation," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1136, OECD Publishing.
    3. Boris Cournède & Oliver Denk & Peter Hoeller, 2015. "Finance and Inclusive Growth," OECD Economic Policy Papers 14, OECD Publishing.
    4. Åsa Johansson & Eduardo Olaberría, 2014. "Global Trade and Specialisation Patterns Over the Next 50 Years," OECD Economic Policy Papers 10, OECD Publishing.

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    Keywords

    commerce international; dotations en facteurs; factor endowments; industry specialisation; intermediate input tariff; spécialisation industrielle; tarifs sur les intermédiaires importés; trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries

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