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Vertical Gravity

dc.contributor.authorDouglas H. Brooks
dc.contributor.authorBenno Ferrarini
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-24T13:14:22Z
dc.date.available2015-01-24T13:14:22Z
dc.date.issued2012-07-01
dc.identifier.issn1655-5252
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11540/1604
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines the drivers of international production networks and vertical trade integration in an augmented gravity model that employs the newly developed Network Trade Index as a regressant. Based on bilateral trade data among 75 countries from 1998 to 2005, the findings emphasize trade policy’s role in facilitating network trade. For example, a 10% tariff reduction raises vertical trade by 6.2%, on average. Preferential trade agreements are found to significantly boost vertical integration.
dc.publisherAsian Development Bank
dc.titleVertical Gravity
dc.typeWorking Papers
dc.subject.expertEconomics
dc.subject.expertPublic Sector
dc.subject.expertFree Trade
dc.subject.expertHealth
dc.subject.expertTrade
dc.subject.expertDevelopment
dc.subject.adbEconomic integration
dc.subject.adbRegional integration
dc.subject.adbIndustry
dc.subject.naturalCooperation
dc.subject.naturalFree Trade
dc.subject.naturalPoverty
dc.subject.naturalEconomics
dc.title.seriesADB economics working paper series
dc.title.volumeNo. 303
dc.contributor.imprintAsian Development Bank
oar.themeEconomics
oar.themeTrade
oar.adminregionAsia and the Pacific Region
oar.countryBangladesh
oar.countryBhutan
oar.countryIndia
oar.countryMaldives
oar.countryNepal
oar.countrySri Lanka
oar.countryBrunei Darussalam
oar.countryBrunei Darussalam
oar.countryCambodia
oar.countryIndonesia
oar.countryLao People's Democratic Republic
oar.countryMalaysia
oar.countryMyanmar
oar.countryPhilippines
oar.countrySingapore
oar.countryThailand
oar.countryViet Nam
oar.countryCook Islands
oar.countryFiji
oar.countryKiribati
oar.countryMarshall Islands
oar.countryMicronesia, Federated States of
oar.countryNauru
oar.countryPalau
oar.countryPapua New Guinea
oar.countrySamoa
oar.countrySolomon Islands
oar.countryTimor-Leste
oar.countryTonga
oar.countryTuvalu
oar.countryVanuatu
oar.countryAfghanistan
oar.countryArmenia
oar.countryAzerbaijan
oar.countryGeorgia
oar.countryKazakhstan
oar.countryKyrgyz Republic
oar.countryPakistan
oar.countryTajikistan
oar.countryTurkmenistan
oar.countryUzbekistan
oar.countryChina, People’s Republic of
oar.countryHong Kong, China
oar.countryChina, People’s Republic of
oar.countryRepublic of Korea
oar.countryMongolia
oar.countryTaipei,China
oar.identifierOAR-001211
oar.authorBrooks, Douglas H.
oar.authorFerrarini, Benno
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