Arbeitspapier

State visits and international trade

Politicians travel extensively abroad, for various reasons. One purpose of external visits is to improve bilateral economic relations. In this paper, I examine the effect of state visits on international trade. I use a large data set covering the travel activities of the heads of state of France, Germany and the United States between 1948 and 2003. My results indicate that state and official visits are indeed positively correlated with exports. A typical visit is associated with higher bilateral exports by about 8 to 10 per cent, holding other things constant.

ISBN
3938369515
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2007/3

Classification
Wirtschaft
Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
Subject
head
president
government
politics
gravity
Internationale Beziehungen
Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Export
Schätzung
Frankreich
Deutschland
USA
Auslandsaufenthalt

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Nitsch, Volker
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2007

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Nitsch, Volker
  • Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft

Time of origin

  • 2007

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