Logistics Constraints for International E-commerce

Mauro Boffa ()
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Mauro Boffa: Universal Postal Union

A chapter in Postal Strategies, 2023, pp 359-369 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The paper examines the impact of logistics inefficiencies on international e-commerce. By exploiting data from flight schedules and time stamps for tracked postal items, the study quantifies bilateral inefficiencies in logistics as the difference between flight times and the lapse of time postal items take from leaving the origin office of exchange until the destination office of exchange. Using information on bilateral postal tonnage as a proxy for international e-commerce, the paper finds that logistics inefficiencies act as supplementary trade costs. In particular, a 1% reduction of bilateral logistics inefficiencies is correlated with a 0.25% increase in bilateral mail flows. The frequency of departing flights is also estimated to matter just as much.

Keywords: E-commerce; International logistics; Air transport; Universal Postal Union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 L87 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25362-1_26

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