CAGE distance framework and bilateral trade flows: case of India
ISSN: 2040-8269
Article publication date: 30 April 2020
Issue publication date: 30 September 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The paper is in the area of international business and international trade. Specifically, this paper aims to focus on cross-border trade flows of goods and services between India and its partner nations.
Design/methodology/approach
Using the Cultural, Administrative, Geographic and Economic (CAGE) distance framework (Ghemawat, 2001), this paper provides empirical support for the impact these distance factors exert on the volume of trade in goods and services between countries. The sample used for empirical analysis consists of a set of 62 OECD countries which are involved in trade in goods and services with India over the period 2005 through 2015. This paper estimates a fixed-effects model to provide a comprehensive examination of all the distance factors impacting the bilateral cross-border trade flows of India.
Findings
The empirical findings in this paper show that different dimensions of the CAGE distances have varied influence on volume of trade flows between India and its trading partners. Also, the extent of this influence is guided by the nature of industries – manufacturing or services.
Originality/value
Departing from the common practice in the literature, using the trade flow data for both Indian manufacturing and service sectors separately, this paper examines to what extent is the impact of these distance factors industry driven.
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge and express appreciation for the helpful comments on earlier versions of this paper by MRR reviewers.
Citation
Tokas, K. and Deb, A.K. (2020), "CAGE distance framework and bilateral trade flows: case of India", Management Research Review, Vol. 43 No. 10, pp. 1157-1181. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-09-2019-0386
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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