Trade and Connectiveness between Neighbors across the Strait

Fatima El Khatabi () and Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso
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Fatima El Khatabi: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Inmaculada Martinez-Zarzoso: University of Goettingen

No 1769, Working Papers from Economic Research Forum

Abstract: We investigate the trade relationship between two neighbors, Spain and Morocco, focusing on the role played by social connectedness, proxied by Facebook connections and migration flows, while controlling for singular geographical, historical, and institutional relations between the two countries, that despite the fact of being located in different continents are tied by special relations. These are partly explained by the enclaves of Ceuta, and Melilla, which share land borders with Morocco and the Saharan provinces that were previous colonies of Spain. We use a novel trade dataset between Spain and Morocco at the province level (NUTS 3) for the period from 2010 to 2018, split into 15 sectors and three transport modes.

Pages: 13
Date: 2024-12-20, Revised 2024-12-20
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