The Econometrics of Gravity Models in International Trade

Badi H. Baltagi, Peter H. Egger, Katharina Erhardt

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Abstract

Over the last few decades, multi-indexed data on trade, multinational activity, and even migration have become available. The by far most prominent application of multi-dimensional data in the context of international economics is the estimation of the famous gravity equation of international trade, where bilateral export or import volume (or foreign direct investment stock or migration stock) is the dependent variable of interest. This chapter provides a survey of empirical issues in gravity-model estimation from a panel econometric perspective. It sets out with a generic illustration of the theoretical foundations of gravity equations and proceeds with the modeling of the multidimensional stochastic structure, focusing on fixed-effects estimation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages381-412
Number of pages32
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAdvanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics
Volume54
ISSN (Print)1570-5811
ISSN (Electronic)2214-7977

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics

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