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KOF Index of Globalization

1. Social Globalization

   • Information flows
     • Number of internet users per 1000 people
       • Share of households with televisions
         • International newspapers traded in percent of GDP
   • Personal Contacts
     • Direct interaction among people living in different countries
   • Cultural Proximity
     • Number of English songs in national hit lists or movies shown in natural cinemas that originated in Hollywywood

2. Economic Globalization

   • Actual flows
     • Data on trade
       • FDI
         • Portfolio Investment
   • Restrictions
     • Restrictions on Capital control
     • Restrictions on trade
       • Hidden import barriers
       • Mean tariff rates
       • Taxes on international trade

3. Political Globalization

   • International treaties
   • Number of embassies and high commissions in a country
   • Number of international organizations to which the country is a member
   • Number of UN Security council peace missions a country participated in