Talking Trade: Language Barriers in Intra-Canadian Commerce

Arbeitspapier

This paper tests for one mechanism that can explain the existence of a language barrier to trade. Specifically, I ask if those industries that require more cross-border communication in order to export their products trade more between Canadian provinces that know the other's language(s). I find that trade in industries with a need to communicate directly (orally) with importers increases with the probability that people in another province speak the same language. This finding can fill a missing link in the empirical trade literature, which lacked convincing arguments for the observed correlation between language commonality and the total volume of trade.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: FIW Working Paper ; No. 23

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade: General ; Economic Integration ; Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General
• Thema: Language ; Trade cost ; Gravity model ; Canada

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Sauter, Nicolas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): FIW - Research Centre International Economics
• (wo): Vienna
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/121024
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ