Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model
The objective of this paper is to analyze trade potential versus actual realized trade among North African trading partners. Following the literature on production economics, we built a stochastic frontier gravity model. The underlying assumption is that all deviations from trade potential is not du...
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| author | Tamini, Lota D. Chebbi, Houssem Eddine Abbassi, Abdessalem |
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| author_facet | Tamini, Lota D. Chebbi, Houssem Eddine Abbassi, Abdessalem |
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| description | The objective of this paper is to analyze trade potential versus actual realized trade among North African trading partners. Following the literature on production economics, we built a stochastic frontier gravity model. The underlying assumption is that all deviations from trade potential is not due to white noise but may also be due to inefficiencies. Time-variant country-specific trade efficiency estimates are obtained and analyzed. Our results indicate that Mauritania, as a country both of destination and of origin, is where the region’s trading relationship is the least efficient. Tunisia, followed by Morocco, faces the fewest behind- and beyond-the-border effects. Our analysis of market integration and trade efficiency at the disaggregated level indicates that trade efficiency scores exhibit high variability between categories of products. Moreover, North African market integration is worst when considering the goods from “Textiles; Footwear & Headgear” category. Our estimates indicate that trade efficiency for agricultural products is relatively low, indicating the existence of significant behind- and beyond-the-border inefficiencies. Our estimates also underline the importance of improving domestic policies to encourage entrepreneurial development and business facilities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1485272025-11-06T06:22:34Z Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model Tamini, Lota D. Chebbi, Houssem Eddine Abbassi, Abdessalem models trade policies trade stochastic models The objective of this paper is to analyze trade potential versus actual realized trade among North African trading partners. Following the literature on production economics, we built a stochastic frontier gravity model. The underlying assumption is that all deviations from trade potential is not due to white noise but may also be due to inefficiencies. Time-variant country-specific trade efficiency estimates are obtained and analyzed. Our results indicate that Mauritania, as a country both of destination and of origin, is where the region’s trading relationship is the least efficient. Tunisia, followed by Morocco, faces the fewest behind- and beyond-the-border effects. Our analysis of market integration and trade efficiency at the disaggregated level indicates that trade efficiency scores exhibit high variability between categories of products. Moreover, North African market integration is worst when considering the goods from “Textiles; Footwear & Headgear” category. Our estimates indicate that trade efficiency for agricultural products is relatively low, indicating the existence of significant behind- and beyond-the-border inefficiencies. Our estimates also underline the importance of improving domestic policies to encourage entrepreneurial development and business facilities. 2016-10-26 2024-06-21T09:24:56Z 2024-06-21T09:24:56Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148527 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tamini, Lota D.; Chebbi, Houssem Eddine; and Abbassi, Abdessalem. 2016. Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model. AGRODEP Working Paper 0033. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148527 |
| spellingShingle | models trade policies trade stochastic models Tamini, Lota D. Chebbi, Houssem Eddine Abbassi, Abdessalem Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title | Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title_full | Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title_fullStr | Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title_short | Trade performance and potential of North African countries: An application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| title_sort | trade performance and potential of north african countries an application of a stochastic frontier gravity model |
| topic | models trade policies trade stochastic models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148527 |
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