Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/17989 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2008-17
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
Picture a small open economy in the North Atlantic Ocean, highly dependent on trade with the EU and NAFTA. How important are these trading blocs to the country's exports? How important is the country's location and size, and how do these affect the export sectors? A unique version of the gravity model is applied here using an inverse hyperbolic sine function. Typically, the export volume is significantly impacted by the economic size of the exporting country, but in this case it is not. This suggests that the exports from small remote economies are driven by different factors than exports from large conomies.
Subjects: 
Exports
gravity model
free trade agreements
panel data
JEL: 
C23
F14
F15
F1
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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