Trade Barriers on Capital Goods

Year 2011, Volume: 31 Issue: 2, 165 - 174, 17.03.2015

Gülfer Vural

Abstract

Capital goods play a major role in international trade. World production of capital goods and R&D activity are highly concentrated in some developed countries. Most of the countries, especially developing countries import the most of their capital equipment from some leading capital goods exporter countries. Therefore technological advances can be transmitted across borders through trade in capital goods. In international trade countries face trade costs. Trade costs can be in the form of transportation costs, quota, tariffs etc. The focus of this study is on
trade barriers on the capital goods implied by the pattern of bilateral trade. I recover trade costs from bilateral trade equation using the United Nations' International Comparison Program (ICP)'s price and bilateral trade data without imposing any restriction on the form of trade costs.

Keywords

International Trade, Capital Goods, Trade Costs, Ricardian Model

Trade Barriers on Capital Goods

Abstract

Sermaye malları uluslararası ticarette önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Dünya sermaye malları üretimi ve Ar-Ge faaliyetleri bazı gelişmiş ülkelerde yoğunlaşmıştır. Ülkelerin pek çoğu, özellikle gelişmekte olan ülkeler, sermaye mallarını dünyanın önde gelen sermaye malı ihracatçısı bu ülkelerden ithal etmektedirler. Bu nedenle teknolojik gelişmeler sermaye malları ticaretiyle sınırlarin ötesine geçmektedir. Uluslararası ticarette ülkeler belli maliyetlerle karşı karşıyadır, örneğin, taşıma maliyetleri, kota ve gümrük vergileri. Bu calışmanın amacı sermaye malları üzerindeki ticari maliyetleri ticaret verisi ve Birleşmiş Milletler tarafından yayınlanan fiyatlar verisi kullanarak ticari maliyetler üzerinde hiçbir kısıtlama uygulamadan dogrudan elde etmektir.

Keywords

Uluslararası Ticaret, Sermaye Malları, Ticari

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