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Title: Need for Speed: Is Faster Trade in the EU Trade-creating?
Author(s): Cecília Hornok
Publication Date: June 2011
Keyword(s): difference-in-difference-in-differences estimation, EU enlargement, time cost of trade, transport mode choice and treatment intensity
Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics
Abstract: Timeliness has gained growing importance in international trade. This paper provides empirical evidence on the signi ficant cost of time in trade by exploiting the quasi-experimental nature of the European Union (EU) enlargement in 2004. It applies a difference-in-difference-in-differences econometric strategy on a European industry-level database of bilateral trade barriers, where industries are differentiated according to their time sensitivity. The use of a treatment intensity indicator that captures the decline in the waiting time at borders supports the identi cation. Results are cross-checked on subsamples de fined along transport mode choice probabilities, where intra-EU transport mode choice projections are obtained from an estimated discrete choice model on extra-EU trade. Robustness checks experiment with alternative de finitions of treatment sensitivity and treatment intensity.
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Hornok, C. 2011. 'Need for Speed: Is Faster Trade in the EU Trade-creating?'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8451