Natural Disasters and the Effect of Trade on Income: A New IV Approach
Natural Disasters and the Effect of Trade on Income: A New IV Approach
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自然灾害和贸易对收入的影响:新的 IV 方法
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2011
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通讯作者:
J. Gröschl
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作者:
Gabriel Felbermayr;J. Gröschl
Does trade openness cause higher GDP per capita? Since the seminal IV estimates of Frankel and Romer [F&R](1999) important doubts have surfaced. Is the correlation spurious and driven by omitted geographical and institutional variables? Does the instrument satisfy the exclusion restriction? In this paper, we generalize F&R’s empirical strategy to a panel setting. We observe that natural disasters increase openness. Interacted with geographical variables, natural disasters can be used to construct an instrument that varies across countries and time. It can, therefore, be used in panel setups where unobserved country characteristics can be controlled for. Our results confirm the original findings.
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Toya, Hideki;Skidmore, Mark
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Skidmore, Mark
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Kahn, ME
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Kahn, ME