This paper compares the impact of distance, a standard proxy for trade costs, on eBay and offline international trade flows. It considers the same set of 62 countries and the same basket of goods for both types of transactions, and finds the effect of distance to be on average 65 percent smaller on the eBay online platform than offline. Using interaction variables, this difference is explained by a reduction of information and trust frictions enabled...
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2012/10/01
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政策研究报告
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WPS6253
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1
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2012/10/01
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Disclosed
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There goes gravity : how eBay reduces trade costs
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management