The trade-reducing effects of market power in international ports

Gabriel De Oliveira () and Nicolas Peridy ()
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Gabriel De Oliveira: LEAD, Université de Toulon

Economics Bulletin, 2019, vol. 39, issue 4, 2674-2687

Abstract: This paper empirically investigates the impact of port competition on trade developments. The integration of port-competitive environment in an original gravity model shows that: (i) a one-standard-deviation rise in port concentration leads to a reduction in bilateral trade by at least 7%; (ii) the trade-creation effect from port competition is greater on the export side than on the import side; and (iii) the effect on trade is higher when port competition intensity is measured at regional or global levels (more than 300 km) rather than at a local level.

Keywords: Transportation services; international trade; market structure; port competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 L1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-11-24
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