Semiparametric estimation of varying trade elasticities in gravity

Yushan Hu and Penglong Zhang

Economics Letters, 2021, vol. 209, issue C

Abstract: This paper uses the semiparametric method to estimate the trade elasticities varying to trade partners’ income per capita. The distance elasticity is relatively larger for South–South country pairs than North–North country pairs. Trade between homogeneous partners in terms of income is more distance-elastic than trade between heterogeneous partners.

Keywords: Semiparametric estimation; Trade elasticity; Gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176521003979
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:209:y:2021:i:c:s0165176521003979

DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110120

Access Statistics for this article

Economics Letters is currently edited by Economics Letters Editorial Office

More articles in Economics Letters from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().