Does Trade Cause Growth?¶
Frankel, J. A., & Romer, D. (1999). Does Trade Cause Growth?. American Economic Review, 89(3), 379-399.
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Primes¶
- Interfacial Energy
- And in geopolitics each additional border between trade partners adds friction — customs, currency, language, regulation — which is exactly why trade blocs and customs unions exist to lower per-boundary cost.
This sourceQuantifies how borders and distance impose trade frictions, motivating trade blocs and customs unions that lower per-border cost.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The abstract supports only the generic point that geographic characteristics affect trade; it says nothing about borders adding friction, trade blocs or customs unions, and nothing about task-switching cost.
“Countries' geographic characteristics, however, have important effects on trade, and are plausibly uncorrelated with other determinants of income.”
- And in geopolitics each additional border between trade partners adds friction — customs, currency, language, regulation — which is exactly why trade blocs and customs unions exist to lower per-boundary cost.
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