The Changing Incidence of Geography

James Anderson and Yoto Yotov

No 698, Boston College Working Papers in Economics from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: Neglected properties of the structural gravity model offer a theoretically consistent method to calculate the incidence of estimated trade costs, disaggregated by commodity and region, and re-aggregated into forms useful for economic geography. For Canada's provinces, 1992-2003, incidence is on average some five times higher for sellers than for buyers. Sellers' incidence falls over time due to specialization, despite constant gravity coefficients. This previously unrecognized globalizing force drives big reductions in 'constructed home bias', the disproportionate share of local trade; and large but varying gains in real GDP. Aggregation biases gravity coefficients downward.

Keywords: geography; gravity model; rade costs; globalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 F10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-09-01
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Forthcoming, American Economic Review

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