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Independence and trade: new evidence from French colonial trade data

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The consequences on international trade of country breaks-up have receivedan increasing attention. This paper investigates the effect of independence on bilateral trade of former French colonies with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.Thanks to an original dataset including data on pre-independence bilateraltrade we obtain more accurate results. We also show that former Frenchcolonies in Sub-Saharan Africa exhibit distinctive post-colonial trade patternsas compared to other former French colonies.
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hal-01609979 , version 1 (04-10-2017)

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Emmanuelle Lavallée, Julie Lochard. Independence and trade: new evidence from French colonial trade data. ETSG 2012 Fourteenth Annual Conference, 2012, Leuven, Belgium. ⟨hal-01609979⟩
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