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In: The International Trade Journal, 17(4), pp. 321-351, 2003
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Beschreibung:
This study offers a method to estimate how the availability of distance-sensitive inputs affects industrial performance of neighboring countries. It shows that replacing either distant foreign input suppliers or inefficient local ones with neighboring suppliers, could enhance the competitiveness of specific industries within a country. Whereas the suggested method could be generalized for any type of regional trade liberalization, we focus on the case of removing trade barriers between former non-trading neighboring countries. More specifically, the case of regional distance-sensitive input sharing between Israel and three of its Arab neighbors (Egypt, Jordan and Syria) is demonstrated