Exporting and institutions: firm-level evidence from malaysian manufacturing

Cassey Lee

No 879, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: Institutions are regarded as critical determinants of economic growth. Recent t heories have posited a positive relationship between trade and institution quality. Most e mpirical work on trade and institutions has mostly relied on cross-country panel data. U sing firm-level data from Malaysian manufacturing, this study aims to empirically e xamine this relationship. The results on the relationship between exporting and in stitutions indicate that perceptions of court fairness are negatively related to e xporting. Furthermore, the result for trade-related institutions is not statistically s ignificant. A key limitation of microdata studies is the lack of responses to survey questions pertaining to corruption. Additionally, more effort is required to develop b etter proxies for measuring the quality of institutions at the micro-level.

Keywords: Trade|Institutions|Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 F53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-02
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