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Est‐ce que les frontières des états ont de l'importance pour le commerce américain intranational? Le rôle de l'histoire et de la migration interne.
Author(s) -
Millimet Daniel L.,
Osang Thomas
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian journal of economics/revue canadienne d'économique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1540-5982
pISSN - 0008-4085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00401.x
Subject(s) - gravity model of trade , border effect , gravity equation , internal migration , relevance (law) , international trade , economics , state (computer science) , international economics , bilateral trade , econometrics , political science , computer science , developing country , law , economic growth , algorithm , china
. Empirical evidence of the impact of borders on international trade flows using the gravity equation approach abounds. This paper examines the empirical relevance of state borders in U.S. interstate trade for various specifications of the gravity equation. We find a large and economically significant subnational border effect for some specifications. However, two model specifications drastically reduce (if not eliminate) the border effect: (i) dynamic panel specifications controlling for past levels of trade and (ii) models conditioning on internal migration.