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Freund , Caroline L. and Rocha, Nadia (2010) What constrains Africa's exports? Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2010 (Number 16).
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Abstract
This paper examines the effects of transit, documentation,
and ports and customs delays on Africa’s exports.
The authors find that transit delays have the most
economically and statically significant effect on exports.
A one-day reduction in inland travel times leads to a
7 percent increase in exports. Put another way, a one-day
reduction in inland travel times translates to a 1.5
percentage point decrease in all importing-country tariffs.
By contrast, longer delays in the other areas have a far
smaller impact on trade. The analysis controls for the
possibility that greater trade leads to shorter delays in
three ways. First, it examines the effect of trade times on
exports of new products. Second, it evaluates the effect of
delays in a transit country on the exports of landlocked
countries. Third, it examines whether delays affect time-sensitive
goods relatively more. The authors show that
large transit delays are relatively more harmful because of
high within-country variation.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory J Political Science > JQ Political institutions (Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific Area, etc.) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Economics -- Mathematical models , Economics -- Developing countries, Exports -- Africa, Exports -- Finance -- Africa | ||||
| Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
| Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
| Official Date: | June 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 2010 | ||||
| Number: | Number 16 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 24 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
| Funder: | Valtioneuvosto Statsrådet [Finnish Government], Regjeringa Stoltenberg [Government of Norway], Konungariket Sveriges regering [Government of the Kingdom of Sweden], Her Majesty's Government [U.K.] |
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