Ethnic networks, information, and international trade : revisiting the evidence

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Jung, Benjamin; Toubal, Farid

Ethnic networks, information, and international trade : revisiting the evidence

dc.contributor.author	Felbermayr, Gabriel	de
dc.contributor.author	Jung, Benjamin	de
dc.contributor.author	Toubal, Farid	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:42:14Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:42:14Z
dc.date.created	2009-03-23
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	Influential empirical work by Rauch and Trindade (REStat, 2002) finds that Chinese ethnic networks of the magnitude observed in Southeast Asia increase bilateral trade by at least 60%. We argue that this estimate is upward biased due to omitted variable bias. Moreover, it is partly related to a preference effect rather than to enforcement and/or the availability of information. Applying a theory-based gravity model to ethnicity data for 1980 and 1990, and focusing on pure network effects, we find that the Chinese network leads to a more modest amount of trade creation of about 15%. Using new data on bilateral stocks of migrants from the World Bank for the year of 2000, we extend the analysis to all potential ethnic networks. We find, i.a., evidence for a Polish, a Turkish, a Mexican, or an Indian network. While confirming the existence of a Chinese network, its trade creating potential is dwarfed by other ethnic networks.	en
dc.identifier.swb	305037978
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5238
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-3482
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge; 306
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject	Gravity model	en
dc.subject	International trade	en
dc.subject	Network effects	en
dc.subject	International migration	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Welthandel	de
dc.subject.gnd	Migration	de
dc.subject.gnd	Netzwerk	de
dc.title	Ethnic networks, information, and international trade : revisiting the evidence	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520alt	de
local.opus.number	348
local.series.issueNumber	306
local.series.title	Hohenheimer Diskussionsbeiträge
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre (bis 2010)	de

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