The Time Cost of Documents to Trade

The article shows that the number of documents required to export and import tend to increase the time cost of shipments. However, the increase in the time cost of increased documentation is much larger for countries that are relatively poor and large in size. One interpretation here is that the rel...

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Main Authors:	Amin, Mohammad, Islam, Asif
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2015
Subjects:	trade documentation trade facilitation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22646

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spelling	okr-10986-226462021-04-23T14:04:10Z The Time Cost of Documents to Trade Amin, Mohammad Islam, Asif trade documentation trade facilitation The article shows that the number of documents required to export and import tend to increase the time cost of shipments. However, the increase in the time cost of increased documentation is much larger for countries that are relatively poor and large in size. One interpretation here is that the relatively rich countries that have more resources and the relatively small countries that rely more on trade invest more in building efficient documentation systems. Our findings suggest caution in interpreting how input-based measures, such as the number of required documents to trade, affect outcome measures. 2015-09-21T21:48:40Z 2015-09-21T21:48:40Z 2015-06-04 Journal Article The International Trade Journal 0885-3908 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22646 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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description	The article shows that the number of documents required to export and import tend to increase the time cost of shipments. However, the increase in the time cost of increased documentation is much larger for countries that are relatively poor and large in size. One interpretation here is that the relatively rich countries that have more resources and the relatively small countries that rely more on trade invest more in building efficient documentation systems. Our findings suggest caution in interpreting how input-based measures, such as the number of required documents to trade, affect outcome measures.
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The Time Cost of Documents to Trade

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