The Impact of Export Promotion Institutions on Trade: Is It the Intensive or the Extensive Margin?
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
August 2010
Subject
Trade Facilitation;
Public Administration
JEL code
C23 - Panel Data Models • Spatio-temporal Models;
F13 - Trade Policy • International Trade Organizations
Category
Working Papers
This paper provides evidence on the channels through which export promotion institutions affect bilateral trade using a sample of Latin American and Caribbean countries over the period 1995-2004. We find that these institutions have a larger impact on the extensive margin of exports, especially in the case of trade promotion organizations.
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