Arbeitspapier
Border effects and border regions: Lessons from the German unification
This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundesländer (federal states) and East Germany to explore the effect of national borders on trade. Although the data cover only a small fraction of intra-German trade flows, I find a home bias of about factor 2.2; West German shipments to East Germany are about 120% larger than deliveries to an otherwise similar foreign country. Based on this result, possible implications for border regions are discussed
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 203
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economic Integration
Empirical Studies of Trade
- Subject
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home bias
intranational trade
gravity regression
unification
Interregionaler Handel
Gravitationsmodell
Grenze
Grenzgebiet
Außenwirtschaft
Nationale Einheit
Schätzung
Alte Bundesländer
Neue Bundesländer
Deutschland
home bias
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Nitsch, Volker
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
- (where)
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Hamburg
- (when)
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2002
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Nitsch, Volker
- Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
Time of origin
- 2002
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