Dark costs, missing data : shedding some light on services trade (English)

A structural gravity model is used to estimate barriers to services trade across many sectors, countries, and time. Since the disaggregated output data needed to infer border barriers flexibly are often missing for services, this paper derives a novel methodology for projecting output data. The empirical implementation sheds light on the role of institutions, geography, size, and digital infrastructure as determinants of border barriers. The paper...

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Anderson,James E.;

Borchert,Ingo;

Mattoo,Aaditya;

Yotov,Yoto Valentinov;
Document Date
2015/10/29
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7465
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2015/10/29
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Dark costs, missing data : shedding some light on services trade
Keywords
border barriers

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Anderson,James E.; Borchert,Ingo; Mattoo,Aaditya; Yotov,Yoto Valentinov.

Dark costs, missing data : shedding some light on services trade (English). Paper is funded by the Strategic Research Program (SRP)|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7465 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/991861467998824181

Dark costs, missing data : shedding some light on services trade (English)

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