Berger, Helge; Nitsch, Volker - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2008
This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of … interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the … with the level of corruption in both partner countries. This finding supports the hypothesis that trade gaps partly …
