There Goes Gravity
EBay and the Death of Distance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9702956 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Lendle (Office of the Chief Trade Adviser for Forum Island Countries), Marcelo Olarreaga (0000-0002-1208-1544, University of Geneva, CEPII, and CEPR), Simon Schropp (0000-0001-5450-4851, Sidley Austin LLP), Pierre-Louis Vézina (University of Birmingham), Pierre‐Louis Vézina (0000-0002-4697-2484, University of Birmingham) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 591 |
| Pages | 406-441 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12286 |
| OpenAlex | W1894906622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 33 |
| References cited | 32 |
We compare the effect of geographic distance on eBay and total international trade flows. We consider the same 61 countries and basket of goods for both types of transactions. We find the effect of distance to be on average 65% smaller on eBay. We argue this difference is due to a reduction in search costs; it increases with product differentiation and is higher when trade partners speak different languages, when corruption in the exporting country is high and when uncertainty avoidance is high in the importing country. Moreover, eBay's seller-rating technology further reduces the distance effect on eBay
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |