Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Kamwela, V.K.
Author-Name-Last: Kamwela
Author-Name-First: Vetonatus Kossam
Author-Name: van Bergeijk, P.A.G.
Author-Name-Last: van Bergeijk
Author-Name-First: Peter
Author-Person: pbe494
Title: The border walls of (de)globalization
Abstract: Border walls have recently proliferated and become a global phenomenon with about a third of the countries having at least one wall or fence along its borders.  This trend contrasts the idea of the global village and fits into a trend towards deglobalization. So far little attention has been given to their unintended effect. This article fills this gap by developing a gravity model for the years 1990-2014 regarding 118 countries, 44 (37%) of which had a wall during the research period. The impact of border structures on cross-border trade is economically and statistically significant. Countries separated by a wall trade on average 4 to 73 percent less than would ceteris paribus be the case if the border wall did not exist.
Length: 21
Creation-Date: 2020-01-17
File-URL: https://repub.eur.nl/pub/123704/wp651.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
Series: RePEc:ems:euriss
Keywords: border wall, border fence, trade, gravity
Handle: RePEc:ems:euriss:123704