The Effect of Domestic Institutions on International Trade Flows: A sectoral analysis

Konferenzbeitrag

Barriers to international trade are more sizeable than can be accounted for on the basis of formal trade barriers and transport costs alone. Search costs in the international marketplace and insecurity of property and contract enforcement have recently been stressed to explain this observation. This paper proposes that both elements can be combined to explain observed trade patterns. Distinguishing between homogeneous and differentiated product groups, we estimate gravity equations to investigate how patterns of bilateral trade are affected by variation in the quality of institutions across countries. JEL codes: F14, F15 Keywords: institutions, bilateral trade, gravity model, sectoral analysis, markets

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: 44th Congress of the European Regional Science Association: "Regions and Fiscal Federalism", 25th - 29th August 2004, Porto, Portugal

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Empirical Studies of Trade ; Economic Integration
• Subject: institutions ; bilateral trade ; gravity model ; sectoral analysis ; markets

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Linders, Gert-Jan
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): European Regional Science Association (ERSA)
• (where): Louvain-la-Neuve
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/117130
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