A Method for Calculating Export Supply and Import Demand Elasticities /

Trade elasticities are often needed in applied country work for various purposes and this paper describes a method for estimating import demand and export supply elasticities withoutusing econometrics. The paper reports empirical estimates of these elasticities for a large number of low, middle, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tokarick, Stephen
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/180
Online Access:Full text available on IMF