Trade and Infrastructure Scores
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Dataset contains bilateral trade flows (from BACI), infrastructure scores (from WEF) and bilateral tariffs (from TRAINS). Date - 2006 to 2017, in panel format. This is the data for our paper - "Infrastructure Quality and Trade Liberalization".
We assembled this dataset from the above sources to allow us to test for the impact of infrastructure quality (i.e., using the infrastructure scores from WEF) on trade. We also use the tariff data (from TRAINS) as modelling variables, with a specific focus on bilateral trade liberalization at 50%, 60% and 70% reductions in bilateral tariffs. Note that this is version 2 of the data, with more updated multilateral resistance terms.
Abstract
It is difficult to establish the impact infrastructure has on trade balances due to confounding factors. Our empirical approach leverages on episodes of trade liberalization, interacting such episodes with infrastructure. Providing a simple extension to the gravity model, we find that infrastructure quality differences between trade partners result in trade imbalances, which liberalization then accentuates. For robustness checks, we interact the liberalization indicator against other confounding variables and do not find such consistent effects. We conclude that lack of quality infrastructure in developing economies contributes to larger trade deficits, and infrastructure development should be supported alongside trade liberalization.
Keywords Infrastructure; Gravity model; Trade; Trade deficits
JEL classification O18; F14; F40
本数据集汇集了双边贸易流量（来自BACI）、基础设施评分（来自世界经济论坛WEF）以及双边关税（来自TRAITS）。数据时间范围覆盖2006年至2017年，以面板形式呈现。该数据集用于我们论文——《基础设施质量与贸易自由化》的研究。我们通过对上述来源的数据进行汇编，旨在检验基础设施质量（即利用世界经济论坛WEF提供的基础设施评分）对贸易的影响。同时，我们还将关税数据（来自TRAITS）作为建模变量，重点关注双边关税在50%、60%和70%的降幅下的双边贸易自由化。请注意，这是数据的第二版，其中包含了更更新的多边抵抗术语。
摘要
由于存在混杂因素，难以确立基础设施对贸易平衡的影响。我们的实证方法利用了贸易自由化的案例，并将这些案例与基础设施相互作用。通过简单扩展引力模型，我们发现贸易伙伴之间基础设施质量差异导致贸易失衡，而自由化则加剧了这种失衡。为了进行稳健性检验，我们将自由化指标与其他混杂变量进行交互，但并未发现一致的影响。我们得出结论，发展中国家基础设施质量不足导致贸易逆差扩大，因此在贸易自由化的同时，应支持基础设施的发展。
关键词：基础设施；引力模型；贸易；贸易逆差
JEL分类：O18；F14；F40
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