The Institutional Quality and Trade: Evidence from Vietnam

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies
© 2020 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal
Volume 7 Issue 5
Year of Publication : 2020
Authors : Thi Hoang Oanh, Nguyen
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Thi Hoang Oanh, Nguyen, "The Institutional Quality and Trade: Evidence from Vietnam," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 7,  no. 5, pp. 117-124, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I5P119

Abstract:

This paper investigates the relationship between the institutional quality and trade growth in Vietnam (both in- and out-trade flows), especially the institutional quality in the current paper focuses on the domestic institutions. The domestic institutions are proxied by the provincial competitiveness index (PCI). The outcomes confirm that the better provincial institutional quality is, the higher trade growth gets. However, only some sub-indices positively affect both export and import growth; the other sub-indices solely impact either export or import flows, even some sub-indices only impact the trade growth of the lower-PCI-mean group.

Keywords:

PCI, import value, export value, domestic institutions.

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