This study provides a decomposition of the WTO Global Trade Costs Index into five policy-relevant components: transport … governance quality. The WTO Global Trade CostsIndex is based on a new methodology by Egger et al. (2021) that delivers …

Investigating the link between ISO 9000 standards and bilateral exports, this paper contributes to the literature on … standardization and international trade. A debate exists as to how ISO 9000 impacts trade. First, it has been argued that ISO 9000 is … than with uncertified firms. Consequently, the positive impact of these standards on trade is more pronounced among ISO …