Controlling for Heterogeneity in Gravity Models of Trade and Integration (ICPSR 1313)

Version Date: Mar 15, 2005

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I-Hui Cheng, National University of Kaohsuing-Taiwan; Howard J. Wall, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01313.v1

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Summary

This paper compares various specifications of the gravity model of trade as nested versions of a general specification that uses bilateral country-pair fixed effects to control for heterogeneity. For each specification, we show that the atheoretical restrictions used to obtain them from the general model are not supported statistically. Because the gravity model has become the "workhorse" baseline model for estimating the effects of international integration, this has important empirical implications. In particular, we show that, unless heterogeneity is accounted for correctly, gravity models can greatly overestimate the effects of integration on the volume of trade.

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Cheng, I-Hui, and Wall, Howard J. Controlling for Heterogeneity in Gravity Models of Trade and Integration. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-03-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01313.v1

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Research Division

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2005-03-15

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2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Cheng, I-Hui, and Howard J. Wall. Controlling for Heterogeneity in Gravity Models of Trade and Integration. ICPSR01313-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-03-15. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01313.v1
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