Despite enormous academic interest in international trade costs and keen policy interest in efforts to mitigate them, so far there is very little hard evidence on the impacts of trade facilitation efforts. This paper exploits a dramatic reduction in the rate of physical inspections by Albanian customs to estimate the effects of fewer inspection-related delays on the level and composition of imports. In this setting, the paper finds evidence that the...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2015/03/10
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS7210
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2015/03/10
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Disclosed
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Trade effects of customs reform : evidence from Albania
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physical inspection