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Fidrmuc, Jan; Fidrmuc, Jarko - CESifo - 2014

Cultural factors and especially common languages are well-known determinants of trade. By contrast, the knowledge of foreign languages was not explored in the literature so far. We combine traditional gravity models with data on fluency in the main languages used in EU and candidate countries....

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Trade Flows and Trade Specialisation: The Case of China

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Sova, Anamaria; Sova, Robert - CESifo - 2015

Using annual data for the period 1992-2012, this paper examines trade flows between China and its main trade partners … in China’s trade patterns. The analysis is based on both economic indicators and the estimation of a gravity model, and … fixed effect vector decomposition (FEVD) technique. The findings confirm the significant change in China’s trading structure …

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Trade, Integration, and Interregional Inequality

Hirte, Georg; Lessmann, Christian - CESifo - 2014

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade (openness) on interregional inequality within countries. We estimate a model derived from a structural economic-geography approach in which interregional inequality depends on weighted trade shares and trade costs. In addition to...

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Incomplete Specialization and Offshoring across Europe

Frensch, Richard; Hanousek, Jan; Kocenda, Evžen - CESifo - 2012

Recent empirical studies have been searching for evidence on and driving forces for offshoring. Frequently, this has been done by analyzing gross trade flows related to offshore activities using gravity equations augmented by ad hoc measures of supply-side country differences. This paper...

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