The Impact of Aid for Trade Facilitation on the Costs of Trading

被引：48

作者：

Busse, Matthias ^{[1
,2
]}

Hoekstra, Ruth

Koeniger, Jens

机构：

[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fac Management & Econ, D-44801 Bochum, Germany

[2] Hamburg Inst Int Econ HWWI, Hamburg, Germany

来源：

KYKLOS | 2012年 / 65卷 / 02期

关键词：

TRANSPORT COSTS;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-6435.2012.00531.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

There have been ongoing discussions within the WTO Doha Round on Trade Facilitation and the wider Aid for Trade agenda to assist developing countries in reducing behind-the-border restrictions and to help them benefit from trade reform. Our paper contributes to this debate by analyzing the impact of foreign aid spent on Aid for Trade and Trade Facilitation on the costs of trading. In our empirical investigation, we conduct a panel data estimation for a sample of 99 developing countries for the period 20042009. Overall, we find that our aid measures are negatively associated with the costs of trading.

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页码：143 / 163

页数：21