What Role for Empirics in International Trade?

Donald Davis () and David Weinstein

No 8543, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: In the field of international trade, data analysis has traditionally had quite modest influence relative to that of pure theory. At one time, this might have been rationalized by the paucity of empirics in the field or its weak theoretical foundations. In recent years empirical research has begun to provide an increasingly detailed view of the determinants of trade relations. Yet the field as a whole has been slow to incorporate these findings in its fundamental worldview. In this paper, we outline and extend what we view as key robust findings from the empirical literature that should be part of every international economists working knowledge.

JEL-codes: B4 F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-10
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Published as Findlay, Ronald, Lars Jonung, Mats Lundahl (eds.) Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration, 1899-1999. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002.
Published as Donald R. Davis & David E. Weinstein, 2002. "What Role for Empirics in International Trade?," Aussenwirtschaft, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science, Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economics Research, vol. 57(04), pages 441-468, December.

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