Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114449 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 374
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
This paper studies the effect of sharing a common native language on international trade. Switzerland hosts three major native language groups which adjoin countries sharing the same native majority languages. In regions close to the internal language border the alternate major language is taught early on in school and not only understood but spoken by the residents. This setting allows for an assessment of the impact of common native rather than spoken language on transaction-level imports from neighbouring countries. Our findings point to an effect of common native language on extensive rather than on intensive margins of trade.
Subjects: 
Common native language
Culture
International trade
Regression discontinuity design
Quasi-randomised experiments
JEL: 
C14
C21
F14
R12
Z10
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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