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Project Description

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We examine whether as countries become more economically dependent on a trade partner, they realign politically towards that trade partner. We use network measures of economic exposure to foreign productivity growth derived from the class of trade models with a constant trade elasticity. We establish causality using two different sources of quasi-experimental variation: China's emergence into the global economy and the reduction in the cost of air travel over time. In both cases, we find that increased economic friendship causes increased political friendship, and that our theory-based network measures dominate simpler measures of trading relationships between countries.

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Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms international relations; international trade; productivity growth; real income
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F15 Economic Integration
      F50 International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage World


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