This paper analyses the border effect in Spain using a unique dataset on intranational trade flows over the period 1995-98. The results indicate that, after controlling for market size and distance, Spanish regions trade around 22 times more with the rest of Spain than they do with OECD...

This paper investigates the existence of a continental bias in world trade and the potential differences in this bias across continents and at trade margins. We find a moderate positive continental bias in trade that masks an uneven impact of continental boundaries across continents. At the...

The objective of this study is to analyse the factors determining the process of internationalisation of the Spanish agrifood industry from a long-term perspective. The paper concentrates on the empirical verification of the existence of a home market effect and on the effects on trade flows of...

This paper investigates the channels through which Spanish regional export promotion offices (REPOs) abroad affect bilateral exports. Using transaction data per product over the period 1995–2011, we decompose the total impact of REPOs on exports value into three margins: number of products,...