Somatic Distance, Cultural Affinities, Trust and Trade

Arbeitspapier

Somatic distance, or differences in physical appearance, proves to be extremely important in the gravity model of bilateral trade in conformity with results in other areas of economics and outside of it in the social sciences. This is also true quite independently of survey evidence about bilateral trust. These findings are obtained in a sample of the 15 members of the European Economic Association in 1996. Robustness tests also show that somatic distance has a more reliable influence on bilateral trade than the other cultural variables. The article finally discusses the interpretation and the breadth of application of these results.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7051

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade: General ; Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General ; Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
• Thema: somatic distance ; cultural interactions ; trust ; language ; bilateral trade

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Melitz, Jacques ; Toubal, Farid
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/180313
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ