Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure

Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure

The authors estimate the impact of aggregate indicators of "soft" and "hard" infrastructure on the export performance of developing countries. They build four new indicators for 101 countries over the period 2004-07. Estimates s...

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Main Authors:	Portugal-Perez, Alberto, Wilson, John S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AIRPORTS APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS_ ENVIRONMENT CARTELS CHANGES IN TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT COSTS EXPORT FACILITATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ANALYSIS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUELS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY ESTIMATES GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GRAVITY VARIABLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT COSTS IMPORT PROCEDURES IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE Microdata Set
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