ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of developing countries exports on Germany, Federal Republic manufacturing industry, with particular reference to employment and to industrial policy adjustments to changing trade relations - discusses state intervention (ie. Subsidys,...

ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of developing countries exports on Germany, Federal Republic manufacturing industry, with particular reference to employment and to industrial policy adjustments to changing trade relations - discusses state intervention (ie. Subsidys,...

Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade significantly more with each other than countries using different languages, holding other factors constant. In this paper, we show that this trade-promoting effect of language...

International trade patterns at the product level are surprisingly dynamic. The majority of trade relationships exist for just a few, often only one to three, years. In this paper, I examine empirically the duration in German import trade at the 8-digit product level from 1995 to 2005. I find...

Why do borders still matter for economic activity? The reunification of Germany in 1990 provides a unique natural experiment for examining the effect of political borders on trade both in the cross-section and over time. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rapid formation of a political and...