Border Effects and Border Regions : Lessons from the German Unification

This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundeslander (federal states) and East Germany to explore the effect of national borders on trade. Although the data covers 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

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Nitsch, Volker
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Grenzregion \| Border region \| Deutschland \| Germany \| Nationale Einheit \| National unity \| Grenze \| Political border \| Ostdeutschland \| East Germany \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Interregionaler Handel \| Inter-regional trade \| Gravitationsmodell \| Gravity model \| Westdeutsche Bundesländer \| West Germany \| Internationale Wirtschaft \| International economy \| Portfoliodiversifikation \| Portfolio diversification

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (25 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2002 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.348642 [DOI]
Classification:	F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade ; F15 - Economic Integration
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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