Trade Barriers in Government Procurement

Alen Mulabdic and Lorenzo Rotunno

No 9602, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper estimates trade barriers in government procurement, a market that accounts for 12 percent of world GDP. Using data from inter-country input-output tables in a gravity model, the paper finds that home bias in government procurement is significantly higher than in trade between firms. However, this difference has been shrinking over time. Results also show that trade agreements with provisions on government procurement increase cross-border flows of services, whereas the effect on goods is small and not different from that in private markets. Provisions containing transparency and procedural requirements drive the liberalizing effect of trade agreements.

Keywords: International Trade and Trade Rules; Social Policy; Legal Products; Judicial System Reform; Public Sector Economics; Legal Reform; Legislation; Regulatory Regimes; Public Finance Decentralization and Poverty Reduction; De Facto Governments; Public Sector Administrative&Civil Service Reform; Public Sector Administrative and CivilService Reform; Democratic Government; Rules of Origin; Trade Policy; Trade and Multilateral Issues (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-03-25
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