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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Glavni avtor: Levchenko, Andrei
Drugi avtorji: Do, Quy Toan
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/056
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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