Tradability, productivity, and understanding international economic integration

This paper develops a two-country macro model with endogenous tradability to study features of international economic integration. Recent episodes of integration in Europe and North America suggest some surprising observations: while quantities of trade have increased significantly, especially along the extensive margin of goods previously not traded, price dispersion has not decreased and may even have increased. These observations challenge the usual understanding of integration in the literature. We propose a way of reconciling these price and quantity observations in a macroeconomic model where the decision of heterogeneous firms to trade internationally is endogenous. Trade is shaped both by the nature of heterogeneity

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Bergin, Paul ; Glick, Reuven
Publisher:	Davis, Calif. : Dep. of Economics, Univ. of California
Subject:	Wirtschaftsintegration \| Zwei-Länder-Modell \| Offene Volkswirtschaft \| Internationaler Preiszusammenhang \| Außenwirtschaft \| Internationale Marktsegmentierung \| Theorie \| trade costs versus productivity

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Series:	Working papers // University of California, Department of Economics ; 05,14
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	505104083 [GVK] hdl:10419/31396 [Handle]
Classification:	F40 - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance. General
Source:	EconStor