"This collection looks at transnational infrastructures, from the first ceremonial train of the European Coal and Steel Community to the new border signs replacing checkpoints along motorways, and how such infrastructural links are part of the long history of European unification"--

Contents: 1. International trade and transportation: an introduction / Bruce A. Blonigen and Wesley W. Wilson -- Part I -- Modeling and estimating international trade patterns -- 2. Gravity, distance, and international trade / Scott L. Baier, Amanda Kerr and Yoto V. Yotov -- 3. International...