| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w15960 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 15960 |
| Borders, Ethnicity and Trade | |
| Jenny C. Aker; Michael W. Klein; Stephen A. O'; Connell; Muzhe Yang | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-05-06 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Do national borders and ethnicity contribute to market segmentation between and within countries? This paper uses unique and high-frequency data on narrowly-defined goods to gauge the extent to which a national border impedes trade between developing countries (Niger and Nigeria). Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find a significant price change at the national border, but one that is lower in magnitude than that found for industrialized countries. Yet unlike that literature, and in line with important characteristics of African economies, we investigate the role of ethnicity in mitigating and exacerbating the border effect. We find that a common ethnicity is linked to lower price dispersion across countries, yet ethnic diversity creates an internal border within Niger. The primary mechanism behind the internal border effect appears to be related to the role of ethnicity in facilitating access to credit in rural markets. |
| 主题 | Development and Growth ; Development ; Environmental and Resource Economics ; Agriculture |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w15960 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/573635 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Jenny C. Aker,Michael W. Klein,Stephen A. O',et al. Borders, Ethnicity and Trade. 2010. |
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| w15960.pdf（369KB） | 智库出版物 | 限制开放 | CC BY-NC-SA | 浏览 | ||
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