CEP/Geography Urban and Regional Economics Seminars
Gravity, Counterparties, and Foreign Investment
Tarun Ramadorai (Imperial College London)
Friday 01 February 2019 13:00 - 14:30
SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH
About this event
Gravity models excel at explaining international trade and investment flows; their success poses a continuing puzzle. In a comprehensive dataset of cross-border transactions in high-value commercial real estate, we find that the role of distance in the gravity model is well explained by preferential matching between counterparties (buyers and sellers) of the same nationality.
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Directions
This event will take place in SAL 2.04, 2nd Floor Conference Room, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE, 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PH.
The building is labelled SAL on the LSE campus map. You can also find us on Google Maps. For further information, go to contact us.Urban and Regional Economics Seminars are part of the CEP's Urban and spatial programme.