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Inter‐provincial trade in Argentina: Financial flows and centralism

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  • Pedro Elosegui
  • Marcos Herrera‐Gomez
  • Jorge Colina

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This paper is part of a broader agenda and constitutes a first step to empirically understand the main determinants of the interprovincial trade in Argentina. We use a novel database of regional trade among the 24 Argentinean subnational jurisdictions for 2017. Using a structural gravity model and novel econometric techniques, we analyze the variables influencing trade between the provinces. In addition to the traditional variables of the canonical gravity model, we add some variables of interest that can affect trade between subnational jurisdictions. With a special focus on financial flows, we analyze the impact of the fiscal federalism (redistributive transfers known as coparticipation), income distribution, and household payment methods, among other variables that may be correlated with formal trade. Additionally, we analyze the potential impact of trade concentration in the autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and Buenos Aires. Interprovincial trade flows are analyzed, considering both origin and destination provinces. The results indicate that coparticipation flows are an important determinant of interprovincial trade, generating relevant (and negative in the origin) spillover effects between the provinces. Also, the high economic and social concentration in CABA and Buenos Aires discourages interprovincial trade. Este artículo forma parte de una agenda más amplia y constituye un primer paso para entender empíricamente los principales determinantes del comercio interprovincial en Argentina. Se utilizó una novedosa base de datos de comercio regional entre las 24 jurisdicciones subnacionales argentinas para 2017. Se empleó un modelo estructural de gravedad y técnicas econométricas novedosas para analizar las variables que influyen en el comercio interprovincial. Además de las variables tradicionales del modelo canónico de gravedad, se añadieron otras variables de interés que pueden afectar al comercio entre jurisdicciones subnacionales. Con especial atención a los flujos financieros, se analizó el impacto del federalismo fiscal (transferencias redistributivas conocidas como coparticipación), la distribución de la renta y las formas de pago de los hogares, entre otras variables que pueden estar correlacionadas con el comercio formal. Además, se analizó el impacto potencial de la concentración comercial en la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) y en Buenos Aires. Se analizaron los flujos comerciales interprovinciales, considerando tanto las provincias de origen como las de destino. Los resultados indican que los flujos de coparticipación son un determinante importante del comercio interprovincial que generan efectos de spillover relevantes (y negativos en el origen) entre las provincias. Además, la alta concentración económica y social en CABA y Buenos Aires desalienta el comercio interprovincial. 本稿は、大きなアジェンダの一部であり、アルゼンチンにおける州間取引の主要な決定要因を実証的に解明するための第一歩である。2017年のアルゼンチンの24の地方自治政府における地域取引の新しいデータベースを使用する。構造重力モデルと新しい計量経済学的手法を用いて、州間取引に影響する変数を分析した。正準重力モデルの従来の変数に加えて、地方自治体間の取引に影響を与えうる、関心のある変数をいくつか加えた。本研究では、特に資金フローに注目し、財政連邦主義(coparticipationという再分配的移転)、所得分配、家計の支払方法など、フォーマルな取引と相関する可能性のある変数の影響を分析する。さらに、ブエノスアイレス自治市(CABA)とブエノスアイレスにおける取引集中の潜在的な影響についても分析する。州間取引のフローを、出発点の州と到着点の州の両方を考慮して分析する。結果から、coparticipationのフローが州間取引の重要な決定要因であり、州間において重要な(出発点においては負の)波及効果を発生させることが示される。また、CABAとブエノスアイレスの経済的・社会的集中度の高さも、州間取引の妨げとなっている。

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  • Pedro Elosegui & Marcos Herrera‐Gomez & Jorge Colina, 2022. "Inter‐provincial trade in Argentina: Financial flows and centralism," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(6), pages 270-291, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:14:y:2022:i:6:p:270-291
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12507
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    • R10 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - General
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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