We review the literature on economic diplomacy and provide a meta‐analysis of 32
empirical studies published in 1986–2011 that deal with the trade and investment impact of …

Leader visits constitute an important signal in international relations. While studies of US
diplomacy can all use the same dataset from the Office of the Historian, IR scholars on China …

This article reviews the literature of commercial diplomacy during the period 1960–2014
from a management angle and is organized around four major themes:(1) government's …

This research note introduces a new dyadic dataset on gender and diplomatic
representation and shows its potential to address questions about international status …

A politicization of diplomacy weakens the professionalism of the foreign service and
arguably endangers the external relations of states. Yet, this phenomenon has largely …

Chinese foreign policy is mainly characterized by the Bei**g consensus and the one-China
principle in international relations. More precisely, the situation faced by Taiwan is a “core …

This study addresses current gaps in the empirical literature regarding the effect of
diplomatic representation on trade using a panel data set for 100 countries with 5‐year …

This article introduces a new dyadic dataset measuring formal diplomatic relations. These
data were coded from the Europa World Yearbook annually from 1960 to 2013 for 18,317 …

A multidisciplinary literature explores the implications of economic diplomacy, but has
largely ignored international cooperation on economic agreements. We provide a first …

This meta-analysis deals with 29 empirical studies on the trade and investment impact of
economic diplomacy (embassies, consulates and other diplomatic facilities, investment and …