What did you say? The effect of language distance on international service trade.

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dc.contributor.advisorPham, Van Hoang.
dc.contributor.authorHulyk, Cristin K.
dc.contributor.departmentEconomics.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsBaylor University. Dept. of Economics.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-08T15:54:41Z
dc.date.available2012-08-08T15:54:41Z
dc.date.copyright2012-05
dc.date.issued2012-08-08
dc.description.abstractService trade is more heavily dependent on communication than commodity trade because its production and consumption occur simultaneously. "Linguistic distance," a measure of how closely the majority languages of two nations are related, is negatively correlated with the quality of communication between countries. I show that linguistic distance has a significant nonlinear effect on the level of service trade. For example, a change from communication between majority languages Russian and Danish to Russian and Czech, a decrease in linguistic distance, corresponds to a 17.1% increase in service exports. Additionally, the linguistic distance to English has a significant effect on service trade and points to the use of English as a vehicle language for trade. The data show that linguistic distance has a larger effect on service trade while physical distance has a larger effect on commodity trade.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.S.Eco.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/8436
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectLanguage distance.en_US
dc.subjectService trade.en_US
dc.subjectGravity model.en_US
dc.subjectLanguage barrier.en_US
dc.titleWhat did you say? The effect of language distance on international service trade.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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