Estimating Tennessee Exports in the Face of "Port Bias"

Steven G. Livingston ()
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Global Commerce, 2014, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-6

Abstract: How can we tell if firms are exporting "as much as they should"? Are Tennessee companies exporting more (or less) than their national peers? Export statistics may suffer from a significant bias. States with large ports are believed to be credited with substantially more exports than they should be.

Keywords: exports; Tennessee; trade; imports; exporting; 2014; first quarter; 2nd quarter; global commerce; international; international economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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