Specification and Estimation of Gravity Models: A Review of the Issues in the Literature
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Gravity Model; Specification; Estimation; Debate;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Estimation: General
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
- F10 - International Economics - - Trade - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ECM-2014-08-16 (Econometrics)
- NEP-INT-2014-08-16 (International Trade)
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