What degree of that difference, if any, is a consequence of payment frictions rather than other factors (say: most activity and interactions are local).
What preferences are exhibited by major international buyers and sellers for payment or credit systems?
If it does have relevance, then the questions do in fact matter.
And making blind assertions and veiled insults is not?
The claim was made. Its relevance should be determinable.
That aside:
- Gravity model of trade.
- "Research: How Far Will Consumers Travel to Make Routine Purchases?" https://blog.accessdevelopment.com/research-how-far-will-con...
Yes. Bad actors ask these sorts of questions in order to stofle conversation. You basically asked this person to do a research papers worth of research in order to prove his argument while you put basically zero effort into your comment. If you think the stats dobt align with what he said look it ul yourself and tell us. Asking questions like the parent did is lazy and often badly intentioned