Political connections and participation in global value chains: Evidence from MENA firms

IF 2.4 3区 经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS
Nora Aboushady , Chahir Zaki
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Abstract

We use new data on political connections from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys to examine the impact of connections on firms' participation in international trade through global value chains (GVCs) for six lower middle income MENA countries and territories (Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Lebanon). Our findings add to the literature on “hidden protection” and corruption in the region: trade- and investment policies and regulations are tailored to benefit or protect politically connected firms. Our findings suggest that politically connected firms are more likely to participate in GVCs by 9.8 percentage points and that the intensity of their participation in GVCs increases by 4.1 percentage points. Combining political connections and grand corruption increases firms' participation in GVCs by 13.6 percentage points.
政治关系和参与全球价值链:来自中东和北非地区公司的证据
我们利用世界银行《企业调查》中有关政治关系的新数据,研究了中东和北非六个中低收入国家和地区(摩洛哥、突尼斯、埃及、西岸和加沙、约旦和黎巴嫩)的政治关系对企业通过全球价值链参与国际贸易的影响。我们的发现为有关该地区“隐性保护”和腐败的文献提供了补充:贸易和投资政策和法规是为有利于或保护有政治关系的公司而量身定制的。我们的研究结果表明,有政治关系的企业参与全球价值链的可能性增加了9.8个百分点,参与全球价值链的强度增加了4.1个百分点。结合政治关系和大规模腐败,企业参与全球价值链的比例提高了13.6个百分点。
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3.40
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10.00%
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期刊介绍: The aim of the European Journal of Political Economy is to disseminate original theoretical and empirical research on economic phenomena within a scope that encompasses collective decision making, political behavior, and the role of institutions. Contributions are invited from the international community of researchers. Manuscripts must be published in English. Starting 2008, the European Journal of Political Economy is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index published by Thomson Scientific (formerly ISI).
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