%0 Report
        %A Lameli, Alfred
%A Nitsch, Volker
%A Suedekum, Jens
%A Wolf, Nikolaus
        %T Same Same But Different: Dialects and Trade
        %D 2013
        %8 2013 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 7397
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7397
        %X Language is a strong and robust determinant of international trade patterns: Countries sharing a common language trade significantly more with each other than countries using different languages, holding other factors constant. In this paper, we show that this trade-promoting effect of language is likely to reflect cultural ties, rather than lower costs of communication or similar institutions. Analyzing unique data for a single-language country, Germany, we find that similarities in the local dialect between regions have a sizable and significant positive impact on intra-national trade. We interpret this finding as evidence for the effect of culture on trade.
        %K language
%K culture
%K trade costs
%K gravity
%K dialects