Fontagné, Lionel; Orefice, Gianluca; Piermartini, Roberta - 2016 - Manuscript date: 02 April 2016
procedures mainly benefit small firms, the simplification of documents and automation tend to favor large firms' trade. This is … coherent with the idea that while some elements of the TFA simply reduce the fixed cost of exporting (favoring small firms in … particular), other chapters in the TFA reduce the scope for corruption at borders, making large firms less reluctant to serve …