Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure
The authors estimate the impact of aggregate indicators of "soft" and "hard" infrastructure on the export performance of developing countries. They build four new indicators for 101 countries over the period 2004-07. Estimates s...
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okr-10986-37482021-04-23T14:02:12Z Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure Portugal-Perez, Alberto Wilson, John S. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AIRPORTS APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS_ ENVIRONMENT CARTELS CHANGES IN TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT COSTS EXPORT FACILITATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ANALYSIS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUELS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY ESTIMATES GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GRAVITY VARIABLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT COSTS IMPORT PROCEDURES IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE Microdata Set The authors estimate the impact of aggregate indicators of "soft" and "hard" infrastructure on the export performance of developing countries. They build four new indicators for 101 countries over the period 2004-07. Estimates show that trade facilitation reforms do improve the export performance of developing countries. This is particularly true with investment in physical infrastructure and regulatory reform to improve the business environment. Moreover, the findings provide evidence that the marginal effect of infrastructure improvement on exports appears to be decreasing in per capita income. In contrast, the impact of information and communications technology on exports appears increasingly important for richer countries. Drawing on estimates, the authors compute illustrative exports growth for developing countries and ad-valorem equivalents of improving each indicator halfway to the level of the top performer in the region. As an example, improving the quality of physical infrastructure so that Egypt's indicator increases half-way to the level of Tunisia would increase exports by 10.8 percent. This is equivalent to a 7.4 percent cut in tariffs faced by Egyptian exporters across importing markets. 2012-03-19T18:39:06Z 2012-03-19T18:39:06Z 2010-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100405094717 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3748 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5261 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AIRPORTS APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS_ ENVIRONMENT CARTELS CHANGES IN TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT COSTS EXPORT FACILITATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ANALYSIS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUELS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY ESTIMATES GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GRAVITY VARIABLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT COSTS IMPORT PROCEDURES IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE Microdata Set |
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AIRPORTS APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BENCHMARK BENEFIT ANALYSIS BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS_ ENVIRONMENT CARTELS CHANGES IN TRADE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS CUSTOMS CUSTOMS REGULATIONS DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVING ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMICS RESEARCH ELASTICITY EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPECTED VALUES EXPORT COSTS EXPORT FACILITATION EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCEDURES EXPORT VOLUME EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ANALYSIS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FUELS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL TRADE GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY ESTIMATES GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY MODELS GRAVITY VARIABLES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT COSTS IMPORT PROCEDURES IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORTS INCREASING RETURNS INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE Microdata Set Portugal-Perez, Alberto Wilson, John S. Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5261 |
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The authors estimate the impact of
aggregate indicators of "soft" and
"hard" infrastructure on the export performance of
developing countries. They build four new indicators for 101
countries over the period 2004-07. Estimates show that trade
facilitation reforms do improve the export performance of
developing countries. This is particularly true with
investment in physical infrastructure and regulatory reform
to improve the business environment. Moreover, the findings
provide evidence that the marginal effect of infrastructure
improvement on exports appears to be decreasing in per
capita income. In contrast, the impact of information and
communications technology on exports appears increasingly
important for richer countries. Drawing on estimates, the
authors compute illustrative exports growth for developing
countries and ad-valorem equivalents of improving each
indicator halfway to the level of the top performer in the
region. As an example, improving the quality of physical
infrastructure so that Egypt's indicator increases
half-way to the level of Tunisia would increase exports by
10.8 percent. This is equivalent to a 7.4 percent cut in
tariffs faced by Egyptian exporters across importing markets. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Portugal-Perez, Alberto Wilson, John S. |
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Portugal-Perez, Alberto Wilson, John S. |
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Portugal-Perez, Alberto |
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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Export Performance and Trade Facilitation Reform : Hard and Soft Infrastructure |
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export performance and trade facilitation reform : hard and soft infrastructure |
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2012 |
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