 L’impact de la distance et de l’intégration sur le commerce d’une région ultrapériphérique d’Europe: l’île de La RéunionFabien Candau (), Jean-François Hoarau and Serge Rey Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This article aims at analyzing the trade structure of La Reunion (exports and imports of products, HS6 digit level) over the period 1989–2008. First, we determined several indicators of geographic trade intensity, comparative advantage and openness. These later revealed that, in spite of significant trade costs, La Reunion succeeded in diversifying its trade partners even if France still remains the major one. Second, we estimated by the Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood and the Zero Inflated Poisson methods a gravity model of the panel consisting of La Reunion's yearly bilateral trade data with its trading partners. Then, the usual findings that are the importance of the colonial heritage, the distance and the GDP of La Reunion and of the trading partners are supported. Furthermore, we put forward the negative impact of the regional integration processes initiated by the European bloc (The European Union enlargement, the regional trade agreements with ACP countries) on the exports of La Reunion. Keywords: avantages comparatifs; équation gravitaire; intégration; La Réunion; liens coloniaux; modèle de panel; Revue AERES (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in European Journal of Development Research, 2012, 24 (5), pp.808--831. ⟨10.1057/ejdr.2012.17⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01243441 DOI: 10.1057/ejdr.2012.17 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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