The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns



Table 3

Extended Gravity Equations, each column presents a gravity model based on an indicator of governance, as highlighted in the first row

Governance

Voice&Acc.

Pol.

Stab.

Gov. Eff.

Reg. Qual.

Rule of Law

Contr. of Corr.

Quality

Similarity

Quality

Similarity

Quality

Similarity

Quality

Similarity

Quality

Similarity

Quality

Similarity

⅛⅛⅛

Log GDP home

1.20

1.20

1.21

1.21

1.18

1.18

1.22

1.22

1.21

1.21

1.19

1.19

Log GDP foreign

0.87

0.87

0.86

0.86

0.84

0.85

0.85

0.85

0.86

0.86

0.86

0.86

Log Distance

-1.17

-1.17

-1.17

-1.17

-1.17

-1.16

-1.22

-1.21

-1.18

-1.17

-1.18

-1.18

Border Dummy

0.70

0.69

0.66

0.65

0.72

0.71

0.64

0.62

0.68

0.66

0.67

0.67

*

*

Language Dummy

0.19

0.18

0.24

0.24

0.29

0.29

0.25

0.25

0.30

0.30

0.27

0.27

Trade Dummy

0.94

0.93

0.89

0.88

0.86

0.85

0.88

0.85

0.91

0.89

0.88

0.88

Religion Dummy

0.49

0.49

0.52

0.52

0.53

0.53

0.47

0.47

0.51

0.51

0.53

0.53

Colonial Dummy

0.60

0.60

0.58

0.59

0.50

0.50

0.47

0.48

0.51

0.50

0.51

0.51

Governance Home

0.31

0.31

0.22

0.21

0.29

0.28

0.24

0.23

0.20

0.20

0.24

0.24

Governance Foreign

0.16

0.15

0.21

0.19

0.23

0.22

0.29

0.27

0.17

0.16

0.16

0.16

*

0.07

0.02

Governance Similarity

0.08

0.10

0.18

0.12

Adjusted R2

0.66

0.66

0.65

0.65

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

Number of Observations

9554

9554

9257

9257

9257

9257

9380

9380

9380

9380

9138

9138

Note: * indicates statistical significance at 10% (two sided), ** at 5% *** at 1 %.



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