Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180313 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7051
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Somatic distance, or differences in physical appearance, proves to be extremely important in the gravity model of bilateral trade in conformity with results in other areas of economics and outside of it in the social sciences. This is also true quite independently of survey evidence about bilateral trust. These findings are obtained in a sample of the 15 members of the European Economic Association in 1996. Robustness tests also show that somatic distance has a more reliable influence on bilateral trade than the other cultural variables. The article finally discusses the interpretation and the breadth of application of these results.
Subjects: 
somatic distance
cultural interactions
trust
language
bilateral trade
JEL: 
F10
F40
Z10
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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