The usual decomposition of effects in corner solution models into extensive and intensive margins is generally incompatible with a causal interpretation. This paper proposes a decomposition based on the joint distribution of potential outcomes which is meaningful in a causal sense. The difference between decompositions can be substantial and yield diametrically opposed results, as shown in a st...

Air cargo flows in a country represent air trade volume involving the exchange of goods between countries, and it is significant to economic development nations. However, instability macroeconomic variables makes fluctuate with its decision-making challenges. This paper examines by volume, origin, destination, Ghana’s determinants trade. The study collected categorized data from Ghana Airport C...

UN Interventions: The Role of Geography This paper argues that UN military interventions are geographically biased. For every 1,000 kilometers of distance from the three Western permanent UNSC members (France, UK, US), the probability of a UN military intervention decreases by 4 percent. We are able to rule out several alternative explanations for the distance finding, such as differences by co...

This paper empirically evaluates the relative importance of embodied versus disembodied idea flows in explaining income gaps and idea gaps. Trade is used as a measure of embodied idea flows and telephone call traffic a measure of disembodied flows. Since both trade and telephone traffic may be endogenous, this paper uses the geographic, linguistic, and colonial components of trade and telephone...

The agri-food trade has expanded considerably over decades, with a remarkable increase in the market share of developing countries. upward trend flows been parallel to proliferation non-tariff measures, particularly sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures sector. SPS may have dual impact on trade, that is. standards as catalysts versus barriers, net effect is likely depend level economic deve...

Abstract Since institutional quality can either create or destroy incentives for individuals to engage in trade, it has become a source of worry policymakers, as limit both intra- and extra-regional trade. Based on this, we empirically analyzed the extent which national affects bilateral trade flows ECOWAS based gravity model period from 2000 2018. Specifically, study employs negative binomial ...

Abstract I estimate the effect of sovereign debt renegotiation on international trade. Sovereigns may fear the trade consequences of default; because creditors deter default, or because trade finance dries up. I use an empirical gravity model of trade and a panel data set covering fifty years, over 150 countries, and other factors that influence bilateral trade. Debt renegotiation is associated...

T.N. Srinivasan and Vani Archana INTRODUCTION The standard models of international trade such as the Ricardian, Hecksher-OhlinSamulelson (HOS) and specific factor models focus on explaining the commodity patterns of trade between countries and their determinants primarily comparative advantage. Constant returns to scale in production are assumed to prevail so that the structure of production in...