Bilateral Trade Flows and Income Distribution Similarity.

Current models of bilateral trade neglect the effects of income distribution. This paper addresses the issue by accounting for non-homothetic consumer preferences and hence investigating the role of income distribution in the context of the gravity model of trade. A theoretically justified gravity m...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Sebastian Vollmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4854469?pdf=render