Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

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No 184: Dynamic Effects of Institutions on Firm-Level Exports

Bengt Söderlund () and Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall ()
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Bengt Söderlund: Ratio, Postal: The Ratio Institute, P.O. Box 5095, SE-102 42 Stockholm, Sweden
Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall: The Ratio Institute, Postal: The Ratio Institute, P.O. Box 5095, SE-102 42 Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract: The gap between theoretically predicted trade patterns and actual trade suggests that our understanding of what shapes trade patterns is incomplete. Institutional barriers may be one factor behind this gap and recent research suggests that institutions are a greater obstacle to trade than are tariffs. Using detailed firm-level data, we analyze how institutional quality in recipient countries affects exports by Swedish firms. Our results suggest that weak institutions hamper exports and that firms that successfully maintain long-term exports do so by starting small and successively increase exports as they learn to know the target market.

Keywords: Exports; Institutions; Firm-level data

JEL-codes: F23; F55; K00; P48

39 pages, February 8, 2012

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