Qualité des Institutions et Commerce International: Évidence à Partir des Exportations de l'UEMOA

Institutions Quality and International Trade: Evidence from WAEMU Exports

Doukouré Fe

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Abstract: This study shows the role of institutions quality in expanding international trade within WAEMU member states. Analyzing all WAEMU member states and their main export partners from 1996 to 2007, I find two results. First, institution quality according to corruption level, government effectiveness and rule of law are becoming worst and worst in WAEMU on the period. Second, taking into account a sequential behavior of exporters, they decide to export according to their perception of institutional environment, then they choose the amount of their shipment considering economic variables, I show that this poor quality of institutions is not an obstacle to expanding exports within WAEMU member states. Particularly, corruption encourages exports flows.

Keywords: Bilateral trade; Institutions; Gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-07-07
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