too far to export: domestic transport costs and regional export disparities in latin america and ...

%PDF-1.7%�� 1550 0 obj <</Linearized 1/L 33024784/O 1552/E 449461/N 248/T 32993667/H [ 1116 7922]>>endobj xref 1550 410000000016 00000 n 0000009038 00000 n 0000009163 00000 n 0000009657 00000 n 0000010338 00000 n 0000010965 00000 n 0000011053 00000 n 0000011690 00000 n 0000012265 00000 n 0000012794 00000 n 0000013217 00000 n 0000013332 00000 n 0000014107 00000 n 0000014908 00000 n 0000015002 00000 n 0000015087 00000 n 0000015200 00000 n 0000015239 00000 n 0000016069 00000 n 0000016858 00000 n 0000017382 00000 n 0000018123 00000 n 0000019175 00000 n 0000020050 00000 n 0000020972 00000 n 0000021931 00000 n 0000022915 00000 n 0000023766 00000 n 0000024156 00000 n 0000024933 00000 n 0000025759 00000 n 0000035438 00000 n 0000039304 00000 n 0000429139 00000 n 0000434226 00000 n 0000442985 00000 n 0000444412 00000 n 0000444721 00000 n 0000445109 00000 n 0000449420 00000 n 0000001116 00000 n trailer<</Size 1591/Root 1551 0 R/Inf o 1549 0 R/ID[<09B06C0141EF437FBD5995C718672869><5AD12FAA754A400CB27AB74DAEF18153>]/Prev 32993656>>startxref 0%%EOF 1590 0 obj <</Filter/FlateDecode/I 14873/L 14857/Length 7826/S 13497>>stream h��{#t#e��#I�;Տ$#1��a�L��@2$XI:�h#:�d2<��#��4��X! #�s#��{#O��0��NPt��Z!�0s##e�A#��#��#Tt�s��뮻�]�d�h 篿�#�� ##0#�{�# # #�_��T�@�##��#~C�'��7�=#��y�,�'��#��@`d#?##�[Զ�

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook

too far to export: domestic transport costs and regional export disparities in latin america and ...

Published on Nov 14, 2013

IDB

driven by declining import tariffs, poor infrastructure and increasing specialization in transport-intensive goods, transport costs are arguably today's most formidable obstacles to trade in latin america and the caribbean (lac). however, little knowledge is available on their trade impacts in the region, both behind and beyond the border. this study, which is part of a broader idb research effort to fill this gap, assesses the role of domestic transport costs ("factory-to-port") in shaping the level and diversification of countries' overall and subnational exports. the subnational dimension is particularly important given that lac's exports are heavily concentrated in a few municipalities. resorting to a number of empirical strategies and using a novel database --which covers origin-destination and transport costs of municipal exports in five of the largest countries in the region (brazil, chile, colombia, mexico, and peru)--the study shows that lower transport costs can have a sig...