Does WTO accession affect domestic economic policies and institutions?

Sudip Ranjan Basu

No 03-2008, IHEID Working Papers from Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies

Abstract: The paper aims to examine policy-anchor hypotheses by analysing the impact of WTO accession process on domestic economic policies and institutions of newly acceded WTO members. It shows that the process of obtaining WTO membership, under certain circumstances, can lead to a positive improvement in domestic econoic policies and institutions. The difference-in-difference analysis is employed as the empirical model. Results are robust with alternative model specifications and choice of economic policies and institutional variable.

Keywords: WTO; Economic policies; Institutions; Difference-in-Difference Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C3 F13 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 49
Date: 2008-02-14, Revised 2008-02
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