This paper employs worldwide data on output and bilateral trade in order to identify optimum currency areas (OCA’s) on … trade, some large continental OCA’s can be discerned in the world. Adding the second criterion, which concerns symmetry …

The paper proposes a general model that will encompass trade and social benefits of a common language, a preference for … externalities and international trade that are typically treated separately. …

internet, publishing and international trade. As to the second question, about the future prospects of English, the chapter …