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The trade-enhancing effect of immigration networks: New evidence on the role of geographic proximity
Vicente J. Pallardó-lópezAndrés Artal-turFrancisco Requena-silventesubject
Economics and Econometricsmedia_common.quotation_subjectImmigrationGeographic proximitylanguage.human_languageBilateral tradeGeographyGravity model of tradeDevelopment economicsEthnic networkslanguageEconomic geographyPortugueseFinancemedia_commondescription
Abstract We use migration-trade data from Italian, Portuguese and Spanish provinces to examine the importance of geographic proximity in the effectiveness of ethnic networks on bilateral trade. Empirical findings from the gravity model show that the migration-trade link is clearly in-province: exports from a province to a country do not receive any stimuli from immigrants from this country living outside of the province, once we control for country–province time-invariant fixed effects.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-01 | Economics Letters |