The gravity model has been extensively used in international trade research for the last 40
years because of its considerable empirical robustness and explanatory power. Since their …

The majority of empirical research in economics ignores the potential benefits of
nonparametric methods, while the majority of advances in nonparametric theory ignores the …

The gravity equation has been traditionally used to predict trade flows across countries.
However, several problems related with its empirical application still remain unsolved. The …

This paper provides the first cross-section estimates of long-run treatment effects of free
trade agreements on members' bilateral international trade flows using (nonparametric) …

The measurement of trade costs and their effects on outcome is at the heart of a large
quantitative literature in international economics. The majority of the recent significant …

Abstract Since Jan Tinberben's original formulation (Tinbergen 1962, Shaping the World
Economy, The Twentieth Century Fund, New York), the empirical analysis of bilateral trade …

We develop and apply a procedure to flexibly estimate intra-national border barriers and
intra-regional trade costs. Bilateral border barriers very significantly depress Canadian inter …

The international trade of waste products is large and has grown substantially in the past
decade. While a sizeable literature has flourished around the notion of international …

Some recent empirical studies examine the impact of the GATT/WTO on trade. This paper
investigates the sample selection bias and the gravity model specification issues in the …

We derive a quantity‐based structural gravity equation system in which both trade flows and
error terms are cross‐sectionally correlated. This system can be estimated using techniques …