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The Time Cost of Documents to Trade

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dc.contributor.authorAmin, Mohammad
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:06:24Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:06:24Z
dc.date.issued2011-12-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyzes the relationship between the number of documents required to export and import and the time it takes to complete all procedures to trade. It shows that an increase in the number of documents required for export and import tends to increase the time cost of shipments. However, this relationship is far from simplistic, varying sharply in magnitude across rich versus poor countries and small versus large countries. Specifically, the increase in the time cost of increased documentation is much larger for relatively poor and larger countries. One interpretation of this finding is that richer countries that have more resources and smaller countries that rely more on trade invest more in building efficient documentation systems. Hence, in such countries relative to others, increased documentation adds less to the time cost at the margin. At a broader level, the findings suggest caution in interpreting how input-based measures such as the number of required documents to trade affect the quality of the business environment as far as the associated cost is concerned.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111205100733
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3661
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5894
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectABSOLUTE VALUE
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECT
dc.subjectANNUAL CHANGE
dc.subjectCOUNTRY SIZE
dc.subjectCROSS-SECTION DATA
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDESCRIPTION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subjectDOCUMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC INTEGRATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ISSUE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL WORK
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME LEVELS
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectMEAN VALUE
dc.subjectMETHODOLOGY
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
dc.subjectPRIVATE AGENTS
dc.subjectPUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOODS
dc.subjectREGRESSION RESULTS
dc.subjectRESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
dc.subjectSCALE EFFECT
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANCE LEVEL
dc.subjectTARIFF BARRIERS
dc.subjectWEB
dc.titleThe Time Cost of Documents to Tradeen
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okr.crossref.titleThe Time Cost of Documents to Trade
okr.date.disclosure2011-11-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:06:42.362257Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111205100733
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid527781468181775146
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5894
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20111205100733
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum15526564
okr.identifier.reportWPS5894
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.relation.associatedurlhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22646
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicScience Education
okr.topicEducation
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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