Export entrepreneurship promotion: The role of regulation-induced time delays and institutions

Jonathan Munemo

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2022, vol. 77, issue C, 262-275

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between regulation-induced time delays and export entrepreneurship in a panel of 59 countries for the period 2006 to 2014. The paper finds robust evidence that regulations which cause lengthy time delays in moving a standard container of goods from the factory to the seaport significantly reduce export entry rate. These findings support the hypothesis that decreasing regulation-induced time delays expands export entrepreneurship by reducing the cost of exporting. Additionally, the paper finds that superior quality institutions significantly enhance the positive impact of lower regulatory time barriers on export entrepreneurship. Stronger protection of private property rights is the most important measure of institutional quality that aides the favorable impact of lower regulation-induced time barriers on export entrepreneurship. Furthermore, a reduction in regulation-induced time barriers has a positive effect on net entry rate and survival rates of export entrants, and high-quality institutions significantly increase the magnitude of this positive outcome.

Keywords: Trade costs; Regulations; Export entrepreneurship; Institutional quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 F1 L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2021.10.009

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