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Title:
QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE AND BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN WAEMU COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS BY THE GRAVITY MODEL

Authors:
Urbain Gbodjinou DOSSA

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Urbain Gbodjinou DOSSA
University of Abomey Calavi (Benin)

MLA 8
DOSSA, Urbain Gbodjinou. "QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE AND BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN WAEMU COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS BY THE GRAVITY MODEL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 9, no. 4, Apr. 2024, pp. 945-962, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i04.003. Accessed Apr. 2024.
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DOSSA, U. (2024, April). QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE AND BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN WAEMU COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS BY THE GRAVITY MODEL. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 9(4), 945-962. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i04.003
Chicago
DOSSA, Urbain Gbodjinou. "QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE AND BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN WAEMU COUNTRIES: AN ANALYSIS BY THE GRAVITY MODEL." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 9, no. 4 (April 2024), 945-962. Accessed April, 2024. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2024.v09i04.003.

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ABSTRACT:
This article studies the effects of the quality of governance on bilateral trade flows in the WAEMU. For this purpose, we used a gravity model inspired by that of Anderson and van Wincoop (2003), but estimated in a panel according to the methodology proposed by Santos Silva and Tenreyro (2006, 2011). Our results show on the one hand that the low quality of global governance doubly handicaps bilateral trade in WAEMU countries. On the other hand, the similarity of governance increases bilateral trade between WAEMU countries. These results suggest an improvement in the quality of governance for an intensification of bilateral trade between UEMOA countries.

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