Networks versus markets in international trade

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Rauch, JE
• 署名单位: University of California System; University of California San Diego
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00009-9
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 7-35
• 关键词: trade; networks; MARKETS

摘要

I propose a network/search view of international trade in differentiated products. I present evidence that supports the view that proximity and common language/colonial ties are more important for differentiated products than for products traded on organized exchanges in matching international buyers and sellers, and that search barriers to trade are higher for differentiated than for homogeneous products. I also discuss alternative explanations for the findings. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.