Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146705 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Citation: 
[Journal:] Estudios de Economía [ISSN:] 0718-5286 [Volume:] 40 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía [Place:] Santiago de Chile [Year:] 2013 [Pages:] 5-19
Publisher: 
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, Santiago de Chile
Abstract: 
To estimate correctly the effect of variable trade costs on firms' exports, the gravity equation should control for the number of firms that participate in foreign markets. Due to the absence of these data, previous studies control for this omitted variable using econometric strategies that may also lead to inconsistent estimates. To overcome this problem the present paper estimates a gravity equation using a new database compiled by the OECD and EUROSTAT stat that reports the number of exporting firms by reporter and partner country. We show that not controlling for the extensive margin of trade introduces very serious biases in the estimated trade cost coefficients.
Subjects: 
gravity equation
exporting firms
distance
trade costs
OECD
JEL: 
F14
F15
Document Type: 
Article

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