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dc.contributor.authorBerger, Helgeen
dc.contributor.authorNitsch, Volkeren
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-13-
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-28T08:47:49Z-
dc.date.available2009-07-28T08:47:49Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/26520-
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the source country deviates from the reported import value in the destination country. Analyzing 4-digit product level data for the world's five largest importers for the period from 2002-2006, we find that the reporting gaps are highly correlated with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly represent smuggling activities.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x2475en
dc.subject.jelD73en
dc.subject.jelF14en
dc.subject.jelF19en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.jelO57en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCorruptionen
dc.subject.keywordilliciten
dc.subject.keywordillegalen
dc.subject.keywordtradeen
dc.subject.keywordstatisticsen
dc.subject.keywordtariffsen
dc.subject.stwSchmuggelen
dc.subject.stwAußenhandelsstatistiken
dc.subject.stwExporten
dc.subject.stwImporten
dc.subject.stwInternationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungenen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleGotcha!: a profile of smuggling in international trade-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589273108en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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