Conventional studies of bilateral trade patterns specify a log-normal gravity equation for empirical estimation. However, the log-normal gravity equation suffers from three problems: the
We are grateful to an anonymous referee of this journal for useful and stimulating comments on an earlier version of this paper. Furthermore, we thank Silvia Stiller and participants of the ERSA 2003 conference for comments on an earlier draft.
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