Notes on CEPII’s distances measures: The GeoDist database
Thierry Mayer and
Soledad Zignago
Working Papers from CEPII research center
Abstract:
GeoDist makes available the exhaustive set of gravity variables used in Mayer and Zignago (2005). GeoDist provides several geographical variables, in particular bilateral distances measured using citylevel data to assess the geographic distribution of population inside each nation. We have calculated different measures of bilateral distances available for most countries across the world (225 countries in the current version of the database). For most of them, different calculations of “intra-national distances” are also available. The GeoDist webpage provides two distinct files: a country-specific one (geo_cepii)and a dyadic one (dist_cepii) including a set of different distance and common dummy variables used in gravity equations to identify particular links between countries such as colonial past, common languages, contiguity. We try to improve upon the existing similar datasets in terms of geographical coverage, quality of measurement and number of variables provided.
Keywords: DISTANCES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; DATABASES; GRAVITY MODEL; TRADE COSTS; BORDER EFFECTS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F12 F13 F14 F15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-12
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Working Paper: Notes on CEPII’s distances measures (2006) 
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