The Mesozoic East Asian Continental Margin (EACM) is generally considered as a continental magmatic arc triggered by Paleo-Pacific Plate subduction. However, the magmatic arc was not evident for a long time. This paper tries to use the gravity and magnetic effects along the magmatic arc to...

The gravity model of trade is used to assess the economic consequences of new borders, which arose in the wake of break-ups of multinational federations in Eastern Europe. The intensity of trade relations among the constituent parts of Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union and the Baltics was very high...

The gravity model of trade is utilized to assess the impact of disintegration on trade. The analysis is based on three recent disintegration episodes involving the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. The results point to a very strong home bias around the time of disintegration,...