Trade, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Institutions /

We analyze the relationship between international trade and the quality of economic institutions, such as contract enforcement, rule of law, and property rights. In our model, firms differ in their preferences for institutional quality, which is determined endogenously in a political economy framewo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levchenko, Andrei
Other Authors: Do, Quy Toan
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/056
Online Access:Full text available on IMF