Post-colonial trade between Russia and former Soviet republics: back to big brother?


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Table 10
Regressions with trade 
flows (year dummies but no 
importer or exporter dummies)
Robust standard errors in parentheses 
∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗ p < 0.05
Variables
(1)
ln(Trade Flow)
ln
(GDP
i
)
0.37***
(0.039)
ln
(GDP
j
)
0.78***
(0.029)
ln(Distance)
− 0.54***
(0.063)
Contiguous
1.30***
(0.142)
i is Landlocked
− 0.20
(0.171)
j is Landlocked
0.33
(0.174)
i and j Both Landlocked
− 0.40
(0.224)
ln(1+Tariff)
− 3.59***
(0.497)
RTA Between i and j
0.39***
(0.046)
Colony
0.88***
(0.212)
Language
0.18
(0.249)
i and j are Same Country
5.14***
(0.169)
Country group dummies
CIS
+
i
− 1.45***
(0.170)
CIS
+
j
− 0.68***
(0.150)
Country pair group dummies
CIS
+
ij
2.06***
(0.237)
Constant
− 0.16
(0.489)
Observations
19,522
Number of I_ij
1,352
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Table 11
Regressions with trade flows (with exp-year and imp-year dummies)
Robust standard errors in parentheses ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗ p < 0.05 . All regressions include 
exporter-year and importer-year dummies. Variable definitions are in Table 9. i denotes exporter and j 
denotes importer
Variables
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
ln(Trade Flow)
ln(Trade Flow)
ln(Trade Flow)
ln(Trade Flow)
ln(Distance)
− 1.15***
− 1.06***
− 1.05***
− 1.05***
(0.086)
(0.078)
(0.079)
(0.079)
Contiguous
0.39**
0.39**
0.40**
0.40**
(0.149)
(0.147)
(0.148)
(0.148)
i and j Both Landlocked
− 0.79***
− 0.40*
− 0.36*
− 0.36*
(0.202)
(0.174)
(0.174)
(0.174)
ln(1+Tariff)
− 1.89***
− 1.82***
− 1.82***
− 1.82***
(0.506)
(0.503)
(0.503)
(0.503)
RTA Between i and j
0.25***
0.08
0.09
0.09
(0.070)
(0.071)
(0.071)
(0.071)
Colony
0.73**
0.17
0.55*
0.53*
(0.230)
(0.209)
(0.274)
(0.263)
Common Language
0.54*
0.25
0.25
0.24
(0.220)
(0.182)
(0.181)
(0.181)
i and j are Same Country
4.12***
3.91***
3.90***
3.92***
(0.309)
(0.295)
(0.300)
(0.298)
Country pair group dummies
RUS
j
_CIS
+
i
1.62**
1.47**
(0.494)
(0.516)
RUS
i
_CIS
+
j
1.49***
1.34**
(0.414)
(0.444)
SIB
j
_SIB
i
2.59***
2.60***
(0.204)
(0.204)
CIS
+
ij
2.52***
(0.197)
proRUS_RUS
0.52
(0.368)
Constant
9.46***
6.86***
6.72***
6.69***
(0.853)
(0.784)
(0.799)
(0.799)
Observations
19,522
19,522
19,522
19,522
Number of I_ij
1352
1352
1352
1352
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Table 12
Baseline regressions with different estimators
Generalized least square (GLS), Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood (PPML), First Difference Estima-
tor (FDE), Heckman Sample Selection (HSS) and Instrumental Variable Least Square (IVLS) method. 
Robust standard errors in parentheses ∗∗∗ p < 0.001, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗ p < 0.05 . All regressions include 
exporter, importer, exporter–importer and year dummies. Variable definitions are in Table 9. i denotes 
exporter and j denotes importer
Variables
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5) )
GLS
HSS
PPML
FDE
IVLS
ln(GDP
i
)
0.29***
0.80***
0.42***
0.31***
(0.025)
(0.016)
(0.034)
(0.009)
ln(GDP
j
)
0.61***
0.76***
0.57***
0.60***
(0.019)
(0.017)
(0.042)
(0.010)
ln(Distance)
− 0.43***
− 0.78***
− 0.73***
− 0.43***
(0.078)
(0.052)
(0.131)
(0.049)
Contiguous
1.34***
1.03***
0.21
1.34***
(0.156)
(0.132)
(0.192)
(0.150)
i and j are Both Landlocked
− 0.96***
− 0.05
− 1.28***
− 0.95***
(0.131)
(0.092)
(0.275)
(0.072)
ln(1+Tariff)
− 3.78***
− 2.36***
1.55
− 3.74***
(0.500)
(0.661)
(1.356)
(0.176)
RTA Between i and j
0.43***
0.54***
0.57**
0.43***
(0.047)
(0.082)
(0.203)
(0.021)
Colony
1.13***
0.80***
− 0.16
1.13***
(0.233)
(0.226)
(0.190)
(0.208)
Common Language
0.71*
0.47*
0.25
0.70***
(0.283)
(0.230)
(0.234)
(0.190)
i are Same Country
5.75***
5.05***
3.61***
5.74***
(0.213)
(0.195)
(0.293)
(0.244)
Change in ln(GDP
i
)
0.09***
(0.021)
Change in ln(GDP
j
)
0.59***
(0.066)
Change in ln(1+Tariff)
− 2.20***
(0.372)
Change in RTA 
0.19***
(0.026)
Constant
0.40
− 0.53
4.19***
0.03***
0.40
(0.628)
(0.414)
(1.126)
(0.007)
(0.394)
Observations
19,522
23,273
23,273
18,079
19,522
Number of I_ij
1,352
1,350
1,352
R-squared
1.00
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Fig. 5
Export and import ratios with Russia compared to with Germany, for selected ex-Soviet states
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Document Outline

  • Post-colonial trade between Russia and former Soviet republics: back to big brother?
    • Abstract
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Stylized facts of post-Soviet trade
      • 1.2 Analysis in terms of post-colonial ties
    • 2 Theoretical framework and methodology
      • 2.1 The monadic components
      • 2.2 The global component
      • 2.3 The dyadic component
      • 2.4 Capturing the dyadic component: the Tetrad method
    • 3 Factors behind the potential trade persistence of the Soviet ties
      • 3.1 Monadic factors
        • 3.1.1 Patterns of GDP
        • 3.1.2 Multilateral resistance and the lack of alternative trading partners
      • 3.2 Persistent non-policy dyadic factors
        • 3.2.1 Isolated and landlocked location
        • 3.2.2 Transport infrastructure patterns
        • 3.2.3 Migration and language ties
        • 3.2.4 Supply chains and specialization
      • 3.3 Policy-related dyadic factors: passive and active
      • 3.4 Active policy to reverse post-colonial reorientation: regional trade agreements
    • 4 Data and empirical models
      • 4.1 Data
      • 4.2 Estimation models
    • 5 Results and discussion
      • 5.1 Static estimation results
      • 5.2 First baseline table: trade flows
        • 5.2.1 Second baseline table: static analysis of tariff-equivalent trade costs
      • 5.3 Dynamic estimation
      • 5.4 Summary of the dynamics of the various post-Soviet relationships
    • 6 Conclusion
    • References

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