| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP9094 |
| DP9094 There goes gravity: how eBay reduces trade costs | |
| Marcelo Olarreaga; Andreas Lendle; Pierre-Louis Vezina; Simon Schropp | |
| 发表日期 | 2012-08-19 |
| 出版年 | 2012 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We compare the impact of distance, a standard proxy for trade costs, on eBay and offline international trade flows. We consider the same set of 62 countries and the same basket of goods for both types of transactions. We find the effect of distance to be on average 65 percent smaller on the eBay online platform than offline. Using interaction variables, we show this difference is explained by a reduction of information and trust frictions enabled through online technology. We estimate the welfare gains from a reduction in offline frictions to the level prevailing online at 29 percent on average. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
| 关键词 | Ebay Gravity Online trade Trade costs |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp9094 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537927 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Marcelo Olarreaga,Andreas Lendle,Pierre-Louis Vezina,et al. DP9094 There goes gravity: how eBay reduces trade costs. 2012. |
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