This paper provides new estimates of the effects of ethnic network on U.S. exports. In line with recent research, our …, both of which show that previous estimates of the ethnic-network elasticity of trade are sensitive to the restrictions … to remove the restriction that the network effect is the same for all ethnicities. We find that ethnic-network effects …

the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …

In this paper we highlight a new complementary channel to the business and social network effect à la Rauch (2001 …) through which immigrants generate increased export flows from the regions in which they settle to their countries of origin … relationship going from diasporas and immigrant entrepreneurs towards export flows. Both the size of the diaspora and the number of …

This paper provides new estimates of the effects of ethnic network on U.S. exports. In line with recent research, our …, both of which show that previous estimates of the ethnic-network elasticity of trade are sensitive to the restrictions … to remove the restriction that the network effect is the same for all ethnicities. We find that ethnicnetwork effects are …

the areal unit, we find a positive association between immigrants' stocks and both export and import flows, in line with …