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Bangkok, Thailand   Trade and Investment Division (TID)       ARTNeT Capacity Building Workshop for Trade Research: Gravity Modelling Date 23-27 August 2010 Venue Bogor, Indonesia Organizer UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division Objective To develop participants capacity to use gravity modelling tools to conduct research on trade policy and facilitation issues. Documentation Presentation: Monday, 23 August 2010: The "Traditional" Gravity Model Session 1: Introduction to Gravity Modeling Ben Shepherd, Principal, Developing Trade Consultants Ltd. Session 2: Estimating the Basic Gravity Model Ben Shepherd Tuesday, 24 August 2010: The “New” Gravity Model Session 1: The Theoretical Gravity Model Ben Shepherd Session 2: Fixed and Random Effects Estimation Ben Shepherd Wednesday, 25 August 2010: Extensions to the Gravity Model Session 1: Barriers to Trade in Services in India Prabir De, Research and Information System for Developing Countries, India Session 2: Behind-the-Border Trade Facilitation in Asia-Pacific: Cost of Trade, Credit Information, Contract Enforcement and Regulatory Coherence Yann Duval, Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP Session 3: Indonesian Interprovincial Trade: What can be Revealed from a Gravity Modeling? Amalia A. Widyasanti, Deputy Director of Trade, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia Thursday, 26 August 2010: Advanced Gravity Modeling Session 1: Export Diversification and Gravity Ben Shepherd Session 3: Dealing with Reverse Causality Ben Shepherd Friday, 27 August 2010: Best Practice Gravity Modeling Session 1: Measuring Trade Costs using Inverse Gravity Ben Shepherd Session 2: Consolidation and Best Practice Ben Shepherd Participants Programme Information note for participants List of participants Reading lists Monday Gravity for Beginners Assessing the Benefits of Trade Facilitation: A Global Perspective Tuesday Gravity with Gravitas: A Solution to the Border Puzzle Gravity for Dummies and Dummies for Gravity Equations Notes on the “Theoretical” Gravity Model of International Trade Wednesday A Simple Method for Approximating International Trade-Cost Effects using the Gravity Equation Thursday Trading on Time The Quarterly Journal of Economics The Log of Gravity Friday Trade Costs, 1870–2000 Gravity Redux: Measuring International Trade Costs with Panel Data Contact Ms. Mia Mikic Economic Affairs Officer Trade Policy Section Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP Email: [email protected] Last updated: 3 September 2010
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