Trust;
International trade;
Institutional quality;
Rule of law;
Europe;
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY;
GRAVITY;
PATTERN;
MODELS;
D O I:
10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.11.003
中图分类号:
F [经济];
学科分类号:
02 ;
摘要:
Well-functioning institutions, both formal (i.e. rule of law) and informal (i.e. trust), facilitate economic exchange. To investigate the nature of the relationship between formal and informal institutions, we analyze bilateral trade patterns in a sample of 16 European countries between 1996-2009. Our results show that trust and rule of law are substitutes, as the positive effect of trust on trade is conditional on the quality of the rule of law. When the rule of law of the importing country increases relative to that of the exporter, the effect of trust on trade decreases. The decline in the effect of trust on trade is less for importers than for exporters, a result that can be attributed to the risk of non-payment that exporters run. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
机构:
Univ Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
McGill Univ, Montreal, PQ, Canada
Western Univ, Fac Law, London, ON, Canada
Queens Univ, Kingston, ON, Canada
Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaUniv Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Johnston, David
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE,
2020,
33
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: 107
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113
机构:
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Inst European Law, Leuven, Belgium
Univ St Louis Bruxelles, Constitut Law, Brussels, BelgiumUniv St Louis Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium