This paper assesses the role of distance in professional team sports, taking the example of football (soccer). We argue … that a team's performance in terms of scored and conceded goals decreases with the distance to the foreign playing venue … Deutsche Bundesliga') between the playing seasons 1986-87 and 2006-07. We find that distance contributes significantly in …

driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …

We empirically examine the heterogeneity in the effects of multiple dimensions of distance on trade across detailed … categories into an, a priori unknown, number of segments based on estimated coefficients of multiple dimensions of distance in … the gravity equation. We find that institutional distance, whether countries belong to the same trade block and especially …

driven by institutional factors. On the other hand, geographical distance became less relevant for M&As for the entire time …

distance between business partners is still relevant even when information and communication technologies (ICT) provide …

In this paper we claim that distance alone is a poor proxy for international transport costs in empirical studies. We … vary with two characteristics: with the distance between two locations and with the endogenous decision to invest in a more … efficient technology which is driven, in turn, by the bilateral export level. A simulation exercise reveals that ignoring the …