Geography of Trade Costs in Italy

Michele Fratianni () and Francesco Marchionne ()

No 2008-01, Working Papers from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy

Abstract: We show that economic development is associated with lower trade costs by applying a gravity equation to exports from 103 Italian provinces to 188 countries over the period 1995-2004. Italian provinces are heterogeneous with respect to trade costs.

Keywords: trade costs; distance; heterogeneity; gravity equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-01
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