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Estimating Distribution Costs with the E aton– K ortum Model
Author(s) -
Yang Xuebing
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
review of development economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1467-9361
pISSN - 1363-6669
DOI - 10.1111/rode.12160
Subject(s) - welfare , economics , distribution (mathematics) , consumption (sociology) , developing country , microeconomics , economic growth , mathematics , mathematical analysis , social science , sociology , market economy
Abstract Economists have mainly relied on input–output tables to calculate domestic trade costs for a relatively small number of developed countries. In this work we use an augmented E aton– K ortum model to estimate the distribution costs of a group of consumption goods for 60 countries, which include both developing and developed countries. Our results show that developing countries are subject to much higher distribution costs, and that reductions in the distribution costs can result in large welfare gains.