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 …

This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows … measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find compelling evidence that terrorist actions reduce the volume of trade; a … doubling in the number of terrorist incidents is associated with a decrease in bilateral trade by about 4 percent. …

itself) to a sizable and statistically significant increase in trade between the member countries of EMU. In this paper, we … put the trade effect of the euro in historical perspective. We argue that the creation of the EMU was a continuation (or … strong evidence of a gradual increase in trade intensity between European countries. Once we control for this trend in trade …

strong though not definitive evidence of an ideological realignment in trade-exposed local labor markets that commences prior …, we find that trade exposed electoral districts simultaneously exhibit growing ideological polarization in some domains …-meaning expanding support for both strong-left and strong-right views-and pure rightward shifts in others. Specifically, trade …

This paper examines the effect of terrorism and warfare on international trade. We investigate bilateral trade flows … measures of terrorism and largescale violence, we find compelling evidence that terrorist actions reduce the volume of trade; a … doubling in the number of terrorist incidents is associated with a decrease in bilateral trade by about 4 percent. …