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Egger, Peter H. - 2011

Theoretical and empirical research in economics suggests that bilateral migration triggers bilateral trade through a number of channels. This paper assesses the functional form of the impact of migration on trade flows in a quasi-experimental setting. We provide evidence that the relationship is...

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Gravity Estimation of the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Trade : An Alternative Procedure with Alternative Data

Flam, Harry - 2011

Helpman, Melitz and Rubinstein (2008) derive gravity equations to estimate effects of trade barriers on the intensive and extensive margins of trade. They exploit the frequency of zeros in aggregate bilateral trade data to identify effects on the extensive margin and to obtain controls for firm...

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The Elasticity of Trade : Estimates and Evidence

Simonovska, Ina - 2011

Quantitative results from a large class of international trade models depend critically on the elasticity of trade with respect to trade frictions. We develop a simulated method of moments estimator to estimate this elasticity from disaggregate price and trade-flow data using the Ricardian...

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On the Political Economy of High Skilled Migration and International Trade

Bougheas, Spiros; Nelson, Douglas - 2021

We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade where policy is determined by a simple referendum. In particular, we address two questions. First, are states already in free trade areas more likely to support full integration...

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International Trade and Retailing

Eckel, Carsten - 2021

The New Trade Theory predicts that international trade lowers prices for consumers and expands the choices available to them. This study shows that both predictions may no longer hold once adjustments in the retail sector are taken into account. I present a new model of retailing in general...

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A Closer Look at Revealed Comparative Advantage : Gross-versus Value Added Trade Flows

Brakman, Steven - 2015

With the availability of international value added trade data it has become evident that gross export data and value added data do not provide the same information. Although gross exports crosses national borders and is the target of trade policy, value added data tell us what fragment in the...

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Foreign Language Learning : An Econometric Analysis

Ginsburgh, Victor A. - 2014

The paper is devoted to an econometric analysis of learning foreign languages in all parts of the world. Our sample … learning while the world population of speakers of the native language generally discourages it. Trade with speakers of a … other three key variables (literacy rate, linguistic distance, and world population of native speakers) because its …

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The Language Effect in International Trade : A Meta-Analysis

Egger, Peter H. - 2011

Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken)...

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Trade, Trust and Institutions

Yu, Shu - 2011

To investigate the relation between trust and formal institutions, we analyze bilateral trade patterns in a sample of 16 European countries between 1996-2009. Trust in trading partners has a significant positive effect on bilateral trade. However, our results suggest that trust and formal...

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Trade Imbalances and Multilateral Trade Cooperation

Marchetti, Juan A.; Ruta, Michele; Teh, Robert - 2021

Rising current account and merchandise trade imbalances marked the years before the global financial and economic crisis. These imbalances either contributed to or precipitated the crisis and to the extent that they create systemic risks, it is desirable that they be reduced. There are many...

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