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...

This paper empirically examines the effects of three indexes for the product diversification of exports (the Theil index, the extensive margin, and the intensive margin) on the real GDP per capita in 158 countries by considering subgroups related to income levels, i.e., in the low-, the lower...