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Economic Geography is the most complete, up-to-date textbook available on the important
new field of spatial economics. This book fills a gap by providing advanced undergraduate …

The Book Publishing Industry focuses on consumer books (adult, juvenile, and mass market
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In this paper we explore the BACI-CEPII database using Network Analysis. From the
visualization of the World Trade Network, we define and describe its topology, both in its …

International trade flows of cultural goods have grown rapidly over the last decades and their
liberalization will be an important issue of future multilateral trade negotiations. In this paper …

Advances in communication technologies have increased the availability of cultural goods
across borders, raising concerns that cultural products from large economies will displace …

Cultural allegiances whether inherited, imposed or chosen, affect economic activity. Many of
these cultural layers–ethnic background, religion, language, ideological orientation, and …

There has never been in the past a language spoken more widely in the world than English
is today. How far has English already spread? How much further can we expect it to go …

This paper presents a simple model where micro-founded dynamics of cultural identity are
endogenous and interact with an international trade equilibrium. This process generates a …

How much further can we expect the spread of English to go? What are the gains? What are
the costs? The paper first tries to identify the areas of life where English already serves as a …