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dc.contributor.authorBorgatti, Lisaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T09:44:29Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-21T09:44:29Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.isbn9291909602=978-92-9190-960-5en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/63517-
dc.description.abstractBilateral trade of geographically distant countries is likely to be negatively affected by the distance separating them from their trading partners and positively affected by their remoteness, defined as the average weighted distance between two countries with weights reflecting the absorptive capacity of the partner country. In presence of competitive transport costs, the effect of remoteness and distance is diluted. An augmented gravity model applied to the Pacific islands’ bilateral trade from 1980 to 2004 shows that a doubling of the elasticity of distance would decrease their average bilateral trade by 80 per cent. Remoteness positively affects the Pacific islands’ bilateral trade, but does not compensate for the negative effect of distance. The opposite is found for the Caribbean islands, where the elasticity of trade with respect to remoteness is eight times bigger than that for the Pacific islands. By lowering transport costs, improved infrastructure fosters trade. A K-means cluster analysis for 30 small island developing states shows that the Pacific islands belong to the clusters with the weaker infrastructure stocks, leaving them with a large scope for improvement.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2007/21en
dc.subject.jelC23en
dc.subject.jelC24en
dc.subject.jelF14en
dc.subject.jelO56en
dc.subject.jelO57en
dc.subject.jelR49en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbilateral tradeen
dc.subject.keywordremotenessen
dc.subject.keywordtransport costsen
dc.subject.keywordinfrastructureen
dc.subject.keywordgravity modelen
dc.subject.keywordPacific islandsen
dc.subject.stwInternationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungenen
dc.subject.stwEntfernungen
dc.subject.stwTransportkostenen
dc.subject.stwGravitationsmodellen
dc.subject.stwInselen
dc.subject.stwPazifischer Raumen
dc.titlePacific islands' bilateral trade: The role of remoteness and of transport costs-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn537396853en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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