Sugar trade and the role of historical colonial linkages
研究历史殖民联系对糖贸易的影响，发现南北方向的殖民联系促进糖贸易，而北北方向则抑制，并识别了多条殖民渠道的作用。
Past colonialism has shaped current policies and patterns relating to sugar trade. To examine the effects of historical colonial linkages on sugar trade, the gravity model is estimated for a panel of raw sugar imports into 25 OECD countries from the rest of the world over the 1961-2016 period.\nColonial linkages in a North-South direction increase sugar trade, but colonial linkages in a North-North direction decrease it. Several distinct North-South colonial channels are identified. Sugar trade is enhanced by the major empire shipping routes, rail infrastructure, cultural\nproximity and preferential market access.