Dark costs, missing data: Shedding some light on services trade

B-Tier
Journal: European Economic Review
Year: 2018
Volume: 105
Issue: C
Pages: 193-214

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We develop a method to project missing sectoral services output and trade. For OECD countries, projected and observed output data match well. The basis is a structural gravity model to estimate barriers to services trade across sectors, countries and time. The model fits well and reveals key differences across service sectors. Border barriers fall over time but unevenly. Inferred border barriers are fitted to national geography, technology, income and endowments, and institutional determinants. The fitted model including fitted border barriers is used to project missing internal and bilateral trade flows, aggregating to projected output.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:eecrev:v:105:y:2018:i:c:p:193-214
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-24