Theorizing International Trade by Somesh K. Mathur Rahul Arora & Sarbjit Singh

Author:Somesh K. Mathur, Rahul Arora & Sarbjit Singh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer Singapore, Singapore

9.3.2 Data on Gravity Variables

The basic variables of the gravity trade model include GDP , GDP per capita, and distance and production data. GDP and GDP per capita data are expressed in 2000 constant US$ to take into account the exchange rate and price fluctuations across countries and time. The data have been taken from the World Development Indicators for the years 1995–2004. Distance has been taken into account between capital cities from the website www.​indo.​com/​distance measured in kilometers. The production data for grapes and groundnuts are taken from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) database. The units are metric tonnes .

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