institutional quality foster financial development in developing economies while economic growth and trade openness are key …

This study attempts to fill the prior knowledge gap in the nexus between trade openness and economic growth in Nigeria … indicators of trade openness including total trade, import trade, and export trade. Cointegration among the variables is examined … estimates suggest that export trade has a significant positive impact on economic growth while the impact of import trade on …

the institutional environment on international trade. Additionally, we address the heterogeneous effect of trade … institutional quality of trade agreements leads to an increase in both the intensive and the extensive margins of trade. The … institutional quality of trade agreements exerts a differential effect on regional exports at different locations within a country …

The impact of opening to trade on economic institutions is likely to be multifaceted and depend crucially on country … why international trade opening has the potential to transform institutions. What is needed to effect institutional change … distribution of political power as the determinant of how institutions react to trade opening. If "rent seekers" are in power when …

We propose and apply methods to quantify the impact of national institutions on international trade and development. We … are able to identify the direct impact of country-specific institutions on international trade within the structural … offers robust evidence that stronger institutions promote trade. A counterfactual analysis reveals that the changes in …