
Governance, corruption, and trade in the Asia Pacific region / Kazutomo Abe, John S. Wilson
"This paper examines the impact of reducing corruption and improving transparency to lower trade costs in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation region. The authors find, based on a computable general equilibrium model, significant potential trade and welfare gains for Asia Pacific Economic Coop...
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Main Authors: | Abe, Kazutomo, 1955- |
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Corporate Authors: | World Bank |
Other Authors: | Wilson, John S., 1956- |
Format: | Online-Resource |
Language: | English |
Published: | [Washington, D.C] : World Bank, 2008 |
Series: | Policy research working paper
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Online Access: | URL des Erstveröffentlichers |
Summary: | "This paper examines the impact of reducing corruption and improving transparency to lower trade costs in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation region. The authors find, based on a computable general equilibrium model, significant potential trade and welfare gains for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation members, with increased transparency and lower levels of corruption. Results suggest that trade in the region would increase by 11 percent and global welfare would expand by |
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Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 5/12/2009 Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2008] |
Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (40 Seiten) |