Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis

Trade facilitation reduces trade costs and eases the movement of goods and services. Studies have shown that trade flows increased by improving the trade facilitation process and reducing trade costs. The study aims to estimate the effects of trade facilitation enhancement on trade costs in 111 deve...

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Autores principales: Alaamshani, Imad Kareem, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Ismail, Normaz Wana
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Malaya 2021
Acceso en línea:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97017/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
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author Alaamshani, Imad Kareem
Hamzah, Hanny Zurina
Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee
Ismail, Normaz Wana
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description Trade facilitation reduces trade costs and eases the movement of goods and services. Studies have shown that trade flows increased by improving the trade facilitation process and reducing trade costs. The study aims to estimate the effects of trade facilitation enhancement on trade costs in 111 developed and developing countries over the 2008 to 2014 period using the Poisson-Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator. The findings show that trade facilitation components such as border administration, business environment and transport and communication infrastructure reduce trade costs. This trade facilitation should have helped alleviate the effects of the financial recession and eased world trade recovery. On the other hand, the study finds that additional market access increases trade costs. The most important finding is that the effectiveness of trade facilitation is higher when more countries engage in trade and when those countries are together participating in trade facilitation.
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spelling upm.eprints-970172022-10-17T02:57:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97017/ Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis Alaamshani, Imad Kareem Hamzah, Hanny Zurina Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee Ismail, Normaz Wana Trade facilitation reduces trade costs and eases the movement of goods and services. Studies have shown that trade flows increased by improving the trade facilitation process and reducing trade costs. The study aims to estimate the effects of trade facilitation enhancement on trade costs in 111 developed and developing countries over the 2008 to 2014 period using the Poisson-Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator. The findings show that trade facilitation components such as border administration, business environment and transport and communication infrastructure reduce trade costs. This trade facilitation should have helped alleviate the effects of the financial recession and eased world trade recovery. On the other hand, the study finds that additional market access increases trade costs. The most important finding is that the effectiveness of trade facilitation is higher when more countries engage in trade and when those countries are together participating in trade facilitation. University of Malaya 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97017/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Alaamshani, Imad Kareem and Hamzah, Hanny Zurina and Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee and Ismail, Normaz Wana (2021) Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis. Institutions and Economies, 14 (2). pp. 31-58. ISSN 2232-1640; ESSN: 2232-1349 https://ijie.um.edu.my/index.php/ijie/article/view/36021 10.22452/IJIE.vol14no2.2
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title Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis
title_full Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis
title_fullStr Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis
title_full_unstemmed Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis
title_short Effects of trade facilitation on trade costs in developed and developing countries: PPML analysis
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