Evaluation Note / İdil Bilgiç Alpaslan & İrem Kızılca

"Despite being more expensive, air transportation enables exporting to more distant markets. However, the cost of transporting goods by air is exceptionally high for goods which are cheap and heavy. On the other hand, air freight costs are lower for high-technology products that are expensive and light-weight. Countries that employ air transportation effectively can reach a broader export market and enjoy a greater share of high-unit-value and low-weight high-technology products in their overall exports. This study compares the technological classification of overall exports and unit-value of high-tech exports of developed countries which succeed in exporting to more markets and developing countries which export to fewer markets. The results show that developed countries are more integrated into the global production chains as market-makers, whereas developing countries are integrated into regional supply chains without effecting prices..."