Ferragina, Anna Maria; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
, taking a sample of trade competitors in EU markets. The hypotheses are those underlying two models of VIIT: the so-called neo …-H-O model based on factor endowment and an "economic geography" model based on market size and economic integration. As the … explanatory variables used (proxies for human capital, physical capital, market size and a dummy for market integration …