Gravity Equations: Workhorse,Toolkit, and Cookbook

By Keith Head, Thierry Mayer. 2013

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The cost of non-Europe, revisited* (2019, neutral): “A surprisingly large set of models (covered in Head and Mayer (2014), and referred to as structural gravity) explain trade ows as”
Multiple Fixed Effects in Binary Response Panel Data Models (2017, positive): “This trade database is widely used in the literature, as in Head and Mayer (2013), because it is not only from a reputable source, but also contains information on trade between most countries of the world.”
An Advanced Guide to Trade Policy Analysis: The Structural Gravity Model (2016, methodology): “For example, the standard empirical value for the distance variable estimate in gravity regressions of ˆ 1 DIST β = − implies that a 10 percent increase in distance should be accompanied by a 10 percent decrease in trade flows (Disdier and Head, 2008; Head and Mayer, 2014).”
Heterogeneous effects of economic integration agreements (2018, background): “, Head and Mayer (2014). The average exports margin includes both the intensive margin and a “composition” margin, as Head and Mayer (2014) clarify. In Redding (2011), without endogenous fixed costs, the Pareto distribution”
Economic Integration Agreements, Border Effects, and Distance Elasticities in the Gravity Equation (2015, methodology): “As discussed in Helpman et al. (2008), or HMR, and Egger et al.”
Domestic Trade Frictions and Agriculture (2015, background): “For a recent discussion of theory and empirical work on gravity equations, see Head and Mayer (2014).”
Welfare and Trade without Pareto (2014, background): “Head and Mayer (2014) survey this literature and report a median estimate of -5.”
Quantitative Spatial Economics (2017, neutral): “Arguably, any plausible quantitative spatial model should explain the gravity equation, a strong empirical feature in which bilateral trade increases with exporter and importer size and declines with geographical distance (e.g., surveyed in Head & Mayer 2014).”
Temporary Protection and Technology Adoption: Evidence from the Napoleonic Blockade (2014, methodology): “Seen in this light, it would seem that the extent to which infant industry mechanisms could inhibit economies from moving into these sectors is large.”
Bias and consistency in three-way gravity models (2019, background): “A standard example is the “structural gravity” model from international trade where each bilateral trade flow from an origin to a destination is modeled as depending on an origin fixed effect as well as a destination fixed effect (Head and Mayer, 2014).”
North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade (2013, neutral): “Furthermore, as highlighted by Helpman et al. (2008) and Arkolakis et al.”
Tourism and Economic Development: Evidence from Mexico’s Coastline (2019, background): “There is a long literature finding robust evidence that trade flows decay with distance with a constant elasticity close to 1 ((Mayer, 2014)).”