Facilitating International Production Networks : The Role of Trade Logistics

Saslavsky, Daniel ; Shepherd, Ben

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGGREGATE TRADE;    AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS;    AGRICULTURE;    APPAREL;    APPLIED RESEARCH;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-6224
RP-ID  :  WPS6224

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper shows that networked trade inparts and components is more sensitive to the importingcountry's logistics performance than is trade in finalgoods. In the baseline specification, the difference betweenthe two trade semi-elasticities is around 45 percent, whichsuggests that the effect is quantitatively important. Inaddition, the analysis finds that logistics performance isparticularly important for trade in the Asia-Pacific region,which is exactly where the emergence of internationalproduction networks has been most pronounced over recentyears. The results suggest that policymakers can support thedevelopment of international production networks by helpingimprove trade logistics performance.