The language effect in international trade: A meta-analysis

Peter Egger and Andrea Lassmann

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 116, issue 2, 221-224

Abstract: Gravity models of international trade have been frequently applied to estimate the impact of common (official or spoken) language on bilateral trade. This study provides a meta-analysis based on 701 language effects collected from 81 academic articles. On average, a common (official or spoken) language increases trade flows directly by 44%.

Keywords: Common language; Gravity; International trade; Trade costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 H54 O40 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.02.018

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