This report provides a foundational guide to regional energy integration, with a particular focus on developing and emerging economies. Many regions are about to integrate power grids and markets across national boundaries, which can offer economic benefits, enhanced power supply quality and...

I conduct a comprehensive analysis of China's international and domestic border effects. My results confirm the negative impact of administrative borders on exports. In my analysis, I account for multilateral resistance terms, which were omitted in previous relevant studies. My findings show...

The b-solutions compendium 2023-2024 highlights challenges faced by EU citizens in border regions, focusing on obstacles like differing national regulations that hinder daily life and regional development. Since 2018, the b-solutions initiative has addressed 165 cases, with the latest compendium...

The b-solutions compendium 2023-2024 highlights challenges faced by EU citizens in border regions, focusing on obstacles like differing national regulations that hinder daily life and regional development. Since 2018, the b-solutions initiative has addressed 165 cases, with the latest compendium...

The "Research Study on Polycrisis" was carried out for the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) between January and April 2024 in support of the International Action Learning Group (IALG) "Pearls in Policing" assignment for 2023/2024, which addressed the topic of "The Future of Policing:...

The "Research Study on Polycrisis" was carried out for the European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) between January and April 2024 in support of the International Action Learning Group (IALG) "Pearls in Policing" assignment for 2023/2024, which addressed the topic of "The Future of Policing:...

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme, which offers information services that draw from satellite Earth Observation and in situ data. It is managed by the European Commission and implemented by Entrusted Entities. Frontex is the Copernicus Entrusted Entity responsible...

Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme, which offers information services that draw from satellite Earth Observation and in situ data. It is managed by the European Commission and implemented by Entrusted Entities. Frontex is the Copernicus Entrusted Entity responsible...

The following scenarios are based mainly on Serious Incidents Reports received by the Frontex' Fundamental Rights Office, concerning violations that allegedly took place at border areas where the Agency is operating. All cases refer to situations where third country nationals are under the...

In European border regions, citizens experience obstacles when collaborating with their neighbours. The b-solutions initiative intends to ease cross-border interactions by offering sustainable solutions to legal and administrative obstacles throughout Europe. This new volume is a compendium of...

In European border regions, citizens experience obstacles when collaborating with their neighbours. The b-solutions initiative intends to ease cross-border interactions by offering sustainable solutions to legal and administrative obstacles throughout Europe. This new volume is a compendium of...

We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...

The Cold War was the defining episode of geopolitical fragmentation in the twentieth century. Trade between East and West across the Iron Curtain (a symbolical and physical barrier dividing Europe into two distinct areas) was restricted, but the severity of these restrictions varied over time....

This study investigates the dynamics of human capital in borderlands, focusing on the case of the Minho River border between Spain and Portugal. We examine how this capital influences company sales in these culturally and economically intertwined regions. The problem is critical due to the...

We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...

The following scenarios are based mainly on Serious Incidents Reports received by the Frontex' Fundamental Rights Office, concerning violations that allegedly took place at border areas where the Agency is operating. All cases refer to situations where third country nationals are under the...

(Why) do prices and inflation rates differ within the euro area? We study the relevance of a national border for grocery prices in the otherwise homogenous and highly integrated border region of Austria and Germany. Using transaction data on prices and quantities from a large household panel, we...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

We explore the effect of historical ethnic borders on contemporary conflict in Africa. We document that both the intensive and extensive margins of contemporary conflict are higher close to historical ethnic borders. Exploiting variations across artificial regions within an ethnicity's...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

I document a new fact about mobility within the United States. County-to-county migration and commuting drop discretely at state borders. People are three times as likely to move to a county 15 miles away, but in the same state, than to an equally-distant county across state lines. Standard...

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is one of the specialised agencies of the European Union. Its main task is to support EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries, jointly referred to as "Member States", in managing the EU's external borders, supporting returns and...

Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is one of the specialised agencies of the European Union. Its main task is to support EU Member States and Schengen Associated Countries, jointly referred to as "Member States", in managing the EU's external borders, supporting returns and...

The border of Moreh town is a major security concern for the Manipur State of India due to its location whereby it shares the border with neighboring Myanmar and the diverse population characteristics. Furthermore, the conflict in Myanmar following a military coup in 2021 heightened regional...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

We study the role of proximity to historical ethnic borders in determining individual land ownership in Sub-Saharan Africa. Following an instrumental variable strategy, we document that individuals have a lower likelihood of owning land near historical ethnic borders. In particular, the...

This article exploits the creation of a paradigmatic multi-ethnic state, Yugoslavia, to examine whether the effect of ethnic identity on trade costs persists when borders change. We rely on a panel of over 550,000 inter-urban price gaps spanning the area of Yugoslavia before and after Yugoslav...

This paper overviews theoretical and empirical contributions that study political borders from an economic perspective. It reviews theories of the number and size of nations focused on the trade-off between economies of scale in public-good provision and heterogeneity of preferences over public...

(Why) do prices and inflation rates differ within the euro area? We study the relevance of a national border for grocery prices in the otherwise homogenous and highly integrated border region of Austria and Germany. Using transaction data on prices and quantities from a large household panel, we...

The openness and security of a country's borders is a matter of concern for countries worldwide. Since its reform and opening up in 1978, China has implemented reforming and opening policies in border regions, as represented by the “Xingbian Fumin Xingdong” (Revitalize Border Areas and...

This paper is the first that comprehensively identifies all territories in Africa affected by subnational border reforms during 1992-2013 with GIS methods. With this data, we study the effect of subnational border reforms on local economic development. Difference-in-difference regressions at the...

Border effects can have a considerable influence on the effectiveness of excise tax policy measures. The opportunity to buy taxable goods in the nearest lower-tax state redistributes the tax burden among consumers and determines the treatment intensity of how an increase in the tax rate may...