Online
Charles de Pierpont de Burnot
(IRES/LIDAM, UCLouvain)
will give a presentation on
The Legacy of the Roman Empire Network Integration in the Western European Trade
Abstract: This research examines the path-dependence relationship between economic integration in Western Europe under Roman rule from 75BC to 200AC and economic integration between the current European regions, intending to determine whether the border effect observed in the trade literature is mitigated by previous economic integration. Based on gravity models that allow the role of several geographical factors and current trade costs to be excluded from the estimates, it provides preliminary results supporting that European NUTS2 regions that were highly integrated through the Roman Roads Network under the Roman Empire were still more economically integrated in the early 21st century.
If you would like to attend the seminar, please send an e-mail to Charles de Pierpont de Burnot or to Serena Chellini to get the details of the online meeting.