One belt, one road, one way? Where European exporters benefit from the new silkroad

Karsten Mau and Rosalie Seuren ()
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Rosalie Seuren: Maastricht University

Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), 2023, vol. 159, issue 2, No 1, 257-297

Abstract: Abstract We analyze the trade effects of a new unfolding transport infrastructure in connection with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Using panel data for the years 1996–2018, featuring 27 exporting countries and 96 industries, we exploit variation in the timing and number of railway connections to estimate whether European countries benefit from increased export revenues and product variety of their shipments to China. We find that both increase and that also indirectly connected countries benefit. Using additional data on the mode of transport, we find that industries with intermediate time-sensitivity appear to increase their utilization of rail-freight to China the most and confirm that the overall increase in exports is also driven by these industries. We further show that mainly Central, Eastern and Southeast European regions are specialized in economic activities related to “railway adopting industries”, which makes likely to benefit the most from first-order gains of improved market access and export opportunities.

Keywords: China; Trade; Transport infrastructure; Belt and Road Initiative (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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