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The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 97 No. 2 2015

Per-Shipment Costs and the Lumpiness of International Trade

Cecília Hornok1,2; Miklós Koren3

1 ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies · 2 Hungarian Academy of Sciences · 3 Central European University

Abstract

Using detailed U.S. and Spanish export data, we document that trade costs of a per-shipment nature are associated with less frequent and larger shipments (i.e., more lumpiness) in international trade. This finding is pervasive across broad product categories, but most apparent for industrial supplies, parts and accessories, and food products.

DOI
10.1162/rest_a_00468
Volume
97
Issue
2
Pages
525-530
Language
en
Sources
openalex crossref

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