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Logisitcs and Exports Alberto Behar, University of Oxford Phil Manners, University of Oxford Download the Paper (PDF format) - April 28, 2008 Tell a colleague about it. Printing Tips: Select 'print as image' in the Acrobat print dialog if you have trouble printing. ABSTRACT: Drawing on a new and comprehensive measure of logistics quality, our gravity model suggests logistics in the exporting and partner-country can have an important impact on bilateral exports. A one standard deviation improvement in the exporter’s logistics quality, which for example would improve Gabon to the level of Guinea, would raise exports by almost 60%. Landlocked countries’ exports depend on their neighbours’ logistics, but their own logistics quality is not as important as for other countries. We also find that logistics act to reduce the trade effects of distance, but without eliminating them. SUGGESTED CITATION: Alberto Behar and Phil Manners, "Logisitcs and Exports" (April 28, 2008). The Centre for the Study of African Economies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 293. http://www.bepress.com/csae/paper293