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dc.contributor.authorWolf, Nikolausen
dc.contributor.authorHeinemeyer, Hans Christianen
dc.contributor.authorSchulze, Max-Stephanen
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T09:11:40Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-11T09:11:40Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/37300-
dc.description.abstractA large literature documents the impact of borders on trade. However, in all these studies border effects are identified from cross-sectional variation alone. We do not know the "treatment effect" of borders nor can we rule out reverse causation. In this paper we exploit the border changes imposed across Europe by the peace treaties in 1919-20 as a natural experiment. We estimate the effects of borders on trade with a difference in difference approach and find that the "treatment effects" of borders are much smaller than the pure cross-sectional effects. We find strong evidence that border changes occurred systematically along pre-existing trade frictions.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aVerein für Socialpolitik |cFrankfurt a. M.en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aBeiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: History as Laboratory: Natural Experiments in Economic History |xE1-V3en
dc.subject.jelF15en
dc.subject.jelN13en
dc.subject.jelN14en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordborder effectsen
dc.subject.keywordtreatment effectsen
dc.subject.keywordEuropean historyen
dc.titleEndogenous Borders? Exploring a Natural Experiment on Border Effects-
dc.typeConference Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn654680922en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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