IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/worlde/v41y2018i7p1833-1846.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Native language and acquired language as determinants of product‐level trade

Author

Listed:
  • Peter H. Egger
  • Farid Toubal

Abstract

The present paper estimates response parameters of bilateral export flows at the disaggregated Harmonised System 6‐digit level to two fractional variables reflecting the language commonality between exporting and importing countries common native language versus common acquired language. In particular, the response to common acquired language is shown to vary systematically with the price (and trade) elasticity of demand across products and with the degree of product differentiation and competition across products. These findings support the notion that there is a relatively important role to play for foreign‐language acquisition in stimulating cross‐border trade and international integration, which are known to induce (average) consumer gains.

Suggested Citation

  • Peter H. Egger & Farid Toubal, 2018. "Native language and acquired language as determinants of product‐level trade," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(7), pages 1833-1846, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:41:y:2018:i:7:p:1833-1846
    DOI: 10.1111/twec.12647
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12647
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/twec.12647?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:41:y:2018:i:7:p:1833-1846. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0378-5920 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.