. Therefore we concentrate on the effects of enhanced East-West trade, which results from the economic development in the …

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 …

Our paper decomposes knowledge-diffusing trade flows and estimates their impacts separately. Overall, trade generates … positive knowledge spillovers, but the effects of intra-industry trade are ambiguous. With regard to sectoral import … significant positive spillover effects of intra-industry trade that corresponds to international out-sourcing. …

This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …

This paper studies the spread of the Black Death as a proxy for the ow of medieval trade between 1346 and 1351. The … variables of medieval trade ows based on an empirical trade model. These results shed new light on many qualitative debates on … the importance and causes of medieval trade. …