The Impact of International Trade on Institutions and Infrastructure
DC Field | Value | Language |
---|---|---|
dc.contributor.author | Hochman, Gal | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tabakis, Chrysostomos | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zilberman, David | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-12-06T04:43:48Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2018-01-02 | - |
dc.date.issued | 2013-02 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0147-5967 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://archives.kdischool.ac.kr/handle/11125/28651 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | 10.1016/j.jce.2012.07.001 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We develop a theoretical model that explores the impact of international trade on both institutions and infrastructure, while explicitly addressing the correlation between institutional quality and infrastructure investment. We show that trade leads to higher infrastructure investment so that domestic firms become more productive and can, thus, better compete internationally. However, infrastructure investment also has a detrimental effect on firms, as it is financed through firm taxation. As a result, when some firms have stronger political ties than others, trade leads to weaker institutions and more cronyism as the government attempts to lower the tax burden on the politically connected firms. Moreover, we show that trade with a partner characterized by high aggregate firm productivity or low firm fixed costs induces a country to invest more heavily in both its infrastructure and its institutional framework. | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.publisher | ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE | - |
dc.subject | Cronyism | - |
dc.subject | Infrastructure | - |
dc.subject | Institutions | - |
dc.subject | International trade | - |
dc.subject | Politically connected firms | - |
dc.title | The Impact of International Trade on Institutions and Infrastructure | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Journal of Comparative Economics, v.41, no.1, pp.126 - 140 | - |
dc.description.journalClass | 1 | - |
dc.description.isOpenAccess | N | - |
dc.identifier.wosid | 000317254000010 | - |
dc.citation.endPage | 140 | - |
dc.citation.number | 1 | - |
dc.citation.startPage | 126 | - |
dc.citation.title | Journal of Comparative Economics | - |
dc.citation.volume | 41 | - |
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor | Tabakis, Chrysostomos | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jce.2012.07.001 | - |
dc.identifier.scopusid | 2-s2.0-84875265670 | - |
Click the button and follow the links to connect to the full text. (KDI CL members only)
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.