Migration, development and environment : migration processes from the perspective of environmental change and development approach at the beginning of the 21st century

0326641 - NHÚ 2010 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Konečný, Tomáš
Trade substitution and immigrant networks: can immigrants hurt trade?
Migration, development and environment : migration processes from the perspective of environmental change and development approach at the beginning of the 21st century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008, s. 280-301. ISBN 978-1-4438-0038-9
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC542
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70850503
Keywords : immigrant networks * international trade * trade diversion
Subject RIV: AH - Economics

This paper develops a simple framework for the study of network effects on trade and derives theory-based expressions for both trade creation and trade diversion by networks. The paper evaluates the empirical relevance of the trade-diversion channel using a new dataset of foreign-born populations located in 20 OECD countries.
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