Border Effects and Border Regions: Lessons from the German Unification
Border Effects and Border Regions: Lessons from the German Unification
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边境效应和边境地区：德国统一的教训
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10.2139/ssrn.348642
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发表时间：
2002
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Volker Nitsch
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作者：
Volker Nitsch
本文考察了西德联邦（联邦州）和东德国之间的贸易流量数据，以探讨国家边界对贸易的影响。尽管这些数据只涵盖了德国内部贸易流的一小部分，但我发现了大约2.2倍的本土偏差;西德对东德德国的发货量比对其他类似国家的发货量大120%。基于这一结果，讨论了边界地区可能的影响
This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundeslander (federal states) and East Germany to explore the effect of national borders on trade. Although the data cover only a small fraction of intra-German trade flows, I find a home bias of about factor 2.2; West German shipments to East Germany are about 120% larger than deliveries to an otherwise similar foreign country. Based on this result, possible implications for border regions are discussed