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Reconciled Trade Flow Estimates Using an FGLS Estimator

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This paper proposes a new method to reconcile countries' reports of their bilateral trade, extracting the optimal amount of information from noisy reports. Reconciled estimates are a weighted average of exporter and importer reports, with weights chosen to minimise the variance of the error in the reconciliation estimate. Reports of countries that appear to report their trade more precisely are given more weight, but non-zero weight is (optimally) given even to relatively noisy reporters.

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  • Thomas Baranga, 2018. "Reconciled Trade Flow Estimates Using an FGLS Estimator," Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Discussion Papers ESCoE DP-2018-01, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE).
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    Keywords

    Trade; asymmetries; measurement;
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    JEL classification:

    • C82 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
    • F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
    • F17 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Forecasting and Simulation

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