"Linguistic Distance" as a Determinant of Bilateral Trade
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Keywords
Trade; information costs; immigration; gravity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F1 - International Economics - - Trade
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-NET-2005-02-13 (Network Economics)
- NEP-PKE-2002-02-15 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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