EXPORT PERFORMANCE AND EASE OF DOING BUSINESS INDEX: EVIDENCE FROM 160 COUNTRIES
Abstract
Since 2004, there has been amazing number of research studies depicting the benefits of improving the score/rankings in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. Be it in terms of FDI or economic growth and development, the general belief is that an improved ranking or score achieved by bringing in regulatory reforms transports into increased spirit of entrepreneurship in the economy as well as various economic benefits. This study is one such study where try to find out the association between a better score on one of the parameters of the Ease of Doing Business Index, i.e. Trading across borders and the export performance of the economy. As ‘Trading across borders’ is directly linked to making exports easier, a common assumption would be that these scores have a direct impact on exports. For this study, we have used the reports from 2015 and 2019, with a special focus on the details of one parameter i.e., Trading across borders. The particular parameter’ scores represent the cost, time and documentation requirements a mid-sized company would incur/face while exporting or importing goods from/in the country.
Keyword : Export Performance, ease of doing business index, trading across borders, World Bank.
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