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| Other authors / contributors: | International Monetary Fund. Policy Development and Review Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 1282617141
9781282617148
1451913087
9781451913088
1462345727
9781462345724
1452790469
9781452790466
9786613822758
6613822752
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22).
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| Summary: | How do signatures required for exporting and business registration procedures affect the volume and composition of country's exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and registration procedures reduce overall exports by increasing transaction costs. The impact, however, varies across goods according to the product's degree of differentiation- the lack of price data on differentiated products due to their heterogeneity makes them more sensitive to export signatures. Regressions show that each extra signature exporters have to collect before a shipment can take place reduces aggregate exports by 4.2 percent. The impact is large, equivalent to raising importer's tariff by 5 percentage points. Furthermore, each signature lowers exports of differentiated products by 4-5 percent more than exports of homogeneous goods. I find evidence that business registration procedures affect exports of differentiated products only.
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| Other form: | Print version: Sadikov, Azim M. Border and behind-the-border trade barriers and country exports. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, Policy Development and Review Dept., 2007
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| Standard no.: | 10.5089/9781451913088.001
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