Trade facilitation, regulatory quality and export performance

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 735-753

  Iwanow, Tomasz ^a   Kirkpatrick, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Export; Gravity model; Institutions; International trade; Regulatory quality; Trade facilitation

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MODELING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34548218244     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1399     Document Type: Article

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