Has globalization lessened the importance of physical distance? For economic shocks, new research suggests ‘yes’
By Josh Ederington, Professor of Economics, Miami University
Jenny Minier, Julian Lange Professor of Economics, Miami University
New research adds evidence to a common thesis offered after the end of the Cold War that globalization was making physical distance economically obsolete.
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