Acknowledgements: Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall gratefully acknowledges financial support from Torsten Söderbergs Research Foundation. A Copenhagen Business School Department of International Economics and Management, Porcelænshaven 24, 3rd floor, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark, ako.int@cbs.dk B Ratio Institute, Stockholm, patrik.tingvall @ratio.se Ratio Working Paper No. 183 The Eurovision Song Contest, Preferences and European Trade Ari Kokko * Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall** Acknowledgements: Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall gratefully acknowledges financial support from Torsten Söderbergs Research Foundation. *ako.int@cbs.dk Copenhagen Business School Department of International Economics and Management, Porcelænshaven 24, 3rd floor, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark. **patrik.tingvall @ratio.se Ratio Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.