Ferdinand Rauch

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Prof. Ph.D.

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Rauch

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Ferdinand

ferdinand.rauch@unisg.ch

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0009-0001-9332-9424

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071 224 7901

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Using the Past to Understand Cities: Transportation before the Industrial Revolution in Urban Economics
(Elsevier BV, 2026-05-14)
Bakker, Jan David
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Rauch, Ferdinand
Type:journal article
Journal:Regional Science and Urban Economics
DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2026.104233
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/126033
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Asymmetric trading costs and ancient Greek cities
(Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2026-10-15)
Chen, Yuxian
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Ioannides, Yannis M.
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Rauch, Ferdinand
Asymmetric trading costs arise when shipping times from point i to point j differ from shipping from point j to i. We show that such asymmetric trading costs predict distinct patterns of location in a class of models using Anderson-Dixit-Stiglitz preferences, where advantage in import market access (or potential) is more beneficial than that in export market access. We bring this prediction to the data, as well as additional ones along the lines of a number of propositions, while also controlling for local micro-geographic characteristics and using data on the location and sizes of cities in ancient Greece. Prevailing winds create an environment of asymmetric and seasonally varying trading costs in ancient Greece. We find that trade potential is strongly associated with the location and size of poleis. The model’s directional prediction is supported when trade potential is measured using the left and right eigenvector centralities implied by the model: import-oriented centrality has a larger coefficient than export-oriented centrality. The result is less robust for alternative reduced-form measures. Using 2SLS methods for population-weighted market access, we find significant differences between export and import market access, with the former often more important than the latter. These findings show that directional asymmetries in trading costs matter for urbanization, while also suggesting that their empirical implications depend on how directional access is measured.
Type:journal article
Journal:Economic Theory
DOI:10.1007/s00199-026-01751-y
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/140781
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World trade remains dangerously dependent on a handful of shipping lanes
(2026-07-09)
Ferdinand Rauch
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Maurer, Stephan
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Milsom, Luke
The conflict in Iran has been reignited by disagreements about control of a critical shipping lane. But the Strait of Hormuz is not the only chokepoint making global trade vulnerable. Ferdinand Rauch, Stephan Maurer and Luke Milsom show just how exposed global trade still is to a small number of maritime checkpoints, and how policymakers and businesses can plan for disruption.
Type:journal article
Journal:LSE Business Review
URL:https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2026/07/09/world-trade-remains-dangerously-dependent-on-a-handful-of-shipping-lanes/
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/134709
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Maritime chokepoints
(2026-10)
Maurer, Stephan
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Luke Heath Milsom
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Ferdinand Rauch
Type:journal article
Journal:CentrePiece
Volume:31
Issue:3
URL:https://cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publications/abstract.asp?index=12621
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/142233
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Networks in trade — Evidence from the legacy of the Hanseatic league
(Elsevier BV, 2025-09)
Max Marczinek
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Stephan Maurer
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Rauch, Ferdinand
We study trade networks following the decline of the Hanseatic League, using a novel trade data set that covers cities and captains in Northern Europe over 190 years. By the time of its dissolution in 1669, trade on former Hansa routes is within predictions from a gravity framework. However, the Hansa continue to shape the composition of trade: Trade between cities in the Hanseatic network continues to be facilitated by Hanseatic captains for centuries. Our paper highlights the long-run stability of commercial and social networks, which persist when other economic effects do not.
Type:journal article
Journal:Journal of International Economics
Volume:157
URL:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022199625000583
DOI:10.1016/j.jinteco.2025.104102
URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/123470
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Industrialization of the Alps
(2026-06-10)
Ferdinand Rauch
Conference Lecture at Conference "In Time at Space" at the University of York.
Type:conference lecture
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/128407
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The Fragility of the Global Trading System
(2026-04-17)
Rauch, Ferdinand
Type:conference lecture
URL:https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/wirtschafts-und-sozialwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/faecher/fachbereich-wirtschaftswissenschaft/wirtschaftswissenschaft/lehrstuehle/volkswirtschaftslehre/macroeconomics/conference-on-geoeconomics/
URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/125495
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Engpass am Panamakanal - «Der Welthandel bleibt sehr verwundbar»
(2026-08-26)
Ferdinand Rauch
Ferdinand Rauch was invited as guest to the 7am morning news show of SRF1 radio station.
Type:digital resource
URL:https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-1/engpass-am-panamakanal-der-welthandel-bleibt-sehr-verwundbar
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/135996
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Panama-Schifffahrt und Auswirkungen auf den Welthandel
(2026-08-24)
Ferdinand Rauch
Interview with Radio SRF 4 News about the Panama Canal. Interview conducted by Sofia Fässler.
Type:digital resource
URL:https://www.srf.ch/audio/4x4-podcast/wie-viel-riskieren-die-usa-und-kanada-im-handelskonflikt?id=AUDI20260824_NR_0043
URI:https://alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/135435
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“Are You Ready for a Fresh Start?”
(2025-12-29)
Rauch, Ferdinand
This is a repost of an episode of "Freakonomics Radio" on which I appear. It was also re-released in the first week of 2026 across hundreds of radio stations across the U.S. at different times.
Type:digital resource
URL:https://freakonomics.com/podcast/are-you-ready-for-a-fresh-start-update/
URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/124807

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