TY - JOUR
T1 - Complex Goods' Exports and Institutions
T2 - Empirics at the Firm Level
AU - Ma, Yue
AU - Qu, Baozhi
AU - Zhang, Yifan
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - This paper analyzes the role of institutions in the exporter's country in promoting the exports. Firm-level evidence from 22 developing and transition countries is provided to show that institutions matter for complex goods. A poor legal system, weak contractual enforcement, and corruption significantly reduce the exports of complex goods. In contrast, the effect of such institutions on the exports of simple goods remains ambiguous. Our main results are robust to the use of different econometric methods. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
AB - This paper analyzes the role of institutions in the exporter's country in promoting the exports. Firm-level evidence from 22 developing and transition countries is provided to show that institutions matter for complex goods. A poor legal system, weak contractual enforcement, and corruption significantly reduce the exports of complex goods. In contrast, the effect of such institutions on the exports of simple goods remains ambiguous. Our main results are robust to the use of different econometric methods. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2012.01059.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2012.01059.x
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0965-7576
VL - 20
SP - 841
EP - 853
JO - Review of International Economics
JF - Review of International Economics
IS - 4
ER -
