Discussion paper

DP15667 Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions

This paper examines – using a novel database of regional trade flows between 267 European regions for 2013 – how government quality affects trade between European Union (EU) regions. The results of a structural gravity cross-sectional analysis of trade show that trade across EU regions is highly influenced by differences in regional government quality. This influence varies by sector of economic activity and by the level of economic development of the region. The results indicate that, if the less developed regions of the EU want to engage in greater interregional trade, improving their institutional quality is a must.

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Citation

Barbero Jiménez, J, G Madras, E Rodríguez-Crespo and A Rodríguez-Pose (2021), ‘DP15667 Quality of government and regional trade: Evidence from European Union regions‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 15667. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp15667