The Trust Game describes a situation where mutually beneficial trade is endangered by opportunistic exploitation. In … competing outcomes should be expected, i.e. whether or not banks can indeed promote trade. …

Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … local dialect between regions have a sizable and significant positive impact on intra-national trade. We interpret this …