Institutions and gravity model: the role of political economy and corporate governance

Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin, Gozgor, Giray and Lau, Chi Keung (2017) Institutions and gravity model: the role of political economy and corporate governance. Eurasian Business Review, 7 (3). pp. 421-436. ISSN 1309-4297

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Abstract

Using panel data on 166 countries, this paper analyzes the effects of corporate governance, employment protection, investor protection, and political environments on the exporting performance. Our gravity model predicts that stronger democratic political institutions encourage exports. We also find that stronger rule-based corporate governance imposes positive impact on the export performance. We also note that stronger employee protection, and therefore, rigid labor regulations can distort the exporting decision of firms. In addition, a stronger shareholder protection tends to be associated with lower exports, probably attributed to lower innovative activity. We interpret these results as an indication that (i) countries with a higher quality of institution suffer from less formal and informal trade barriers, which make international trade relations easier, and (ii) both the employee protection and the shareholder protection, on the other hand, trivialize the country’s export.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Exports, Trade flows, Gravity model, Political institutions, Employee protection, Shareholder protection
Subjects:	L900 Others in Social studies N100 Business studies
Department:	Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School
Depositing User:	Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2017 07:42
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2019 09:47
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/31722

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