How Do Technical Barriers to Trade Affect Exports? Evidence from Egyptian Firm-Level Data

• Published in: Journal of economic integration Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 659 - 721
• Main Authors: Kamal, Yasmine, Zaki, Chahir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Center for Economic Integration, Sejong Institution, Sejong University 01.12.2018; Journal of Economic Integration; 경제통합연구소
• Subjects: Diversification; Economic models; 경제학; Egypt

The paper examines the impact of Technical Barriers to Trade on firms' exports in Egypt over the period 2005~2011. Firm-level data for Egypt are combined with the WTO's TBT-specific trade concerns database. Employing a variant of a gravity model with high-dimensional fixed effects, the imp...