dc.contributor |
Graduate Program in Economics. |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Kuzubaş, Tolga Umut. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Selçuk, Serdar. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-03-16T12:00:13Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-03-16T12:00:13Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2019. |
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dc.identifier.other |
EC 2019 S45 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/16329 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis aims to investigate the empirical relevance of the impact of sectoral competition on the increasing negative impact of geographic distance on international trade flows vis-a-vis the secular decline in the transportation and communication costs, which is known as the distance puzzle. Using disaggregated trade data, I find that as the international markets become more competitive; bilateral trade becomes more elastic to distance. My analysis reveal that increasing competition explains 20% of changes in the distance elasticity of trade between 1976 and 2016. I examine alternative hypothesis to explain the rising distance effect. My results imply that declining average tariff rates reduce the importance of distance on trade. I find that goods with increasing elasticity of substitution are likely to be more distance elastic over time. I also find that differentiated products are less distance sensitive compared to homogenous goods. |
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dc.format.extent |
30 cm. |
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dc.publisher |
Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019. |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
Commercial policy -- Competition. |
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dc.subject.lcsh |
International trade -- Competition. |
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dc.title |
Competition and the distance puzzle |
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dc.format.pages |
ix, 48 leaves ; |
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