Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/45168 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Research Paper No. 2008/32
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Success in international trade depends, amongst other things, on distance from markets. Most new economic geography models focus on the distance between countries. In contrast much less theorizing and empirical analysis have focused on how distances within a country for instance due to the location behaviour of exporting firms matter to international trade. In this paper we contribute to the literature on the latter by offering a theoretical model to explain the optimal distance that an export-oriented firm would locate from a port. We present empirical evidence from South Africa in support of the model.
Subjects: 
distance
transport costs
manufactured exports
JEL: 
R0
R4
F14
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-078-4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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