This paper analyses the effect of international borders and of trade agreements at international borders on subnational … 1950 and 2017. Our results show that international borders decrease regional income per capita, while trade agreements at … international borders increase regional income per capita by about the same magnitude. The positive marginal effect of trade …

The impact of globalization in terms of bilateral trade is a renowned theoretical underpinning in the literature …. Nevertheless, testing a trade integration model of bilateral trade is not sufficiently well estimated with the Bayesian approach to … provide pragmatic evidence of trade integration from the digitalization in Asia. Moreover, in identifying the factors …

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to … quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel … between 1.6 and 2.4 depending upon weighting. This provides an important contribution to the trade literature of Ricardian …

Over the last 20 years the trade literature repeatedly documented the trade-reducing effects of inter- and intra … underlying political borders. However, when observed border effects are not caused by political trade barriers, why should their … "border effect" in the absence of a border. Thereby, the finding that trade between East- and West-Japan is 23.1% - 51 …

This paper identifies a "border" effect in the absence of a border. The finding that trade between East- and West …-Japan is 23.1 to 51.3 percent lower than trade within both country parts, is established despite the absence of an obvious east …-lasting historical shocks, are identified as an explanation for the east-west bias in intra-Japanese trade. …

Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade … that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication … local dialect between regions have a sizable and significant positive impact on intra-national trade. We interpret this …

specialization in trade between Lithuania and the EU are determined. For measurement the pattern of export specialization in … advantage. Secondly, trade dissimilarity index is used to predict structural changes in Lithuanian exports. Using these methods … of measurement and standard international trade classification (SITC) was determined the nature and pattern of Lithuanian …

The Eastern enlargement of the European Union (EU) is likely to give a further boost to trade and capital flows, yet … determinants of international asset holdings and trade flows. We find in most regressions that EU membership has a significant … candidates actual values are still far below expected ones in most cases. Consequently, we anticipate rising capital and trade …

We study the effect of international trade and freeness of trade on interregional inequality within countries. We … estimate a model derived from a structural economic geography approach where interregional inequality depends on weighted trade … shares and trade costs and where we can derive an aggregate freeness of trade measure. These measures are instrumented based …

When asked why the level of intra-regional trade in West Africa is low despite regional integration efforts, the … inconsistency or mismanagement of trade policies, supply constraints, and inadequate transport infrastructure. Without calling into … of trade flows in West Africa over the period from 1996 to 2018. Using a gravity model, the study shows that …