TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional quality as a barrier to trade
AU - Briggs, Kristie
N1 - Funding Information:
The results suggest that domestic policies that encourage the improvement of foreign institutions will have a positive effect on the number of firms engaging in export activity. Support of organizations that promote good institutions abroad would, therefore, go hand-in-hand with the US national export initiative. One such organization is the Eurasia Foundation, which works to build institutions and public policy in Russia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe; the Eurasia Foundation was created, in part, by and receives continued funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID has also provided assistance to country-specific institutional initiatives such as the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) Institutional Strengthening Program in Pakistan and the State Commission for the Prevention of Corruption in Macedonia. This article highlights that maintaining support for such initiatives should be included in broader policy dialogues, including those of the US Trade Representatives regarding domestic export initiatives.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Improvement of institutional quality abroad encourages new domestic firms to export to these countries, but has no effect on the volume of exports from incumbent firms. Thus, poor institutional quality acts as a barrier to the extensive margin of trade. As a result, policies that encourage the strengthening of foreign institutions coincide with national export initiatives such as the one launched by President Obama in 2010.
AB - Improvement of institutional quality abroad encourages new domestic firms to export to these countries, but has no effect on the volume of exports from incumbent firms. Thus, poor institutional quality acts as a barrier to the extensive margin of trade. As a result, policies that encourage the strengthening of foreign institutions coincide with national export initiatives such as the one launched by President Obama in 2010.
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U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2013.826862
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2013.826862
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84883316699
VL - 20
SP - 1453
EP - 1458
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
SN - 1350-4851
IS - 16
ER -