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International standards certification, institutional voids and exports from developing country firms: What we know and what we don't know

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Abstract

This paper analyses the impact of International Standards Certification (ISC) on the export participation and the scale of exports of firms based in 89 developing or transition countries. We conceptualise ISC as an endogenous institutional advantage, which bridges institutional voids in the country and helps firms to export. The empirical results show that certified firms are more likely to export, and to export on a
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationMaastricht
PublisherUNU-MERIT
Publication statusPublished - 10 May 2016

Publication series

SeriesUNU-MERIT Working Papers
Number021
ISSN1871-9872

JEL classifications

  • d23 - "Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights"
  • d24 - "Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity"
  • o12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
  • o17 - "Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements"
  • o33 - "Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes"

Keywords

  • certification
  • export performance
  • institutional voids
  • transaction costs

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