Do Autocratic States Trade Less?

Aidt, Toke S.; Gassebner, Martin

dc.creator	Aidt, Toke S.
dc.creator	Gassebner, Martin
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date	2012-03-30T07:12:38Z
dc.date	2010-02-15
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:41:47Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:41:47Z
dc.identifier	World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier	1564-698X
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4514
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249999
dc.description	Does the political regime of a country influence its involvement in international trade? A theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies is developed, and the predictions of the model are tested empirically using a panel of more than 130 countries for 1962–2000. In contrast to the existing literature, data on the regime type of individual countries are used rather than information about the congruence of the regime type of pairs of trading countries. In line with the model, autocracies are found to import substantially less than democracies, even after controlling for official trade policies. This finding is very stable and does not depend on a particular setup or estimation technique.
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	barriers
dc.subject	democracies
dc.subject	democracy
dc.subject	developing countries
dc.subject	economic development
dc.subject	economic structure
dc.subject	free trade
dc.subject	good governance
dc.subject	internal control
dc.subject	international trade
dc.subject	liberalization
dc.subject	political economy
dc.subject	political regime
dc.subject	political regimes
dc.subject	political systems
dc.subject	red tape
dc.subject	share
dc.subject	shares
dc.subject	trade
dc.subject	trade taxes
dc.title	Do Autocratic States Trade Less?
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.type	Journal Article
dc.coverage	Slovak Republic
dc.coverage	Nigeria
dc.coverage	Myanmar
dc.coverage	Liberia
dc.coverage	Ukraine