Bureaucratic Efficiency as Determinant of Trade Openness in SAARC Countries

Rabia Saghir; Muhammad Arshad Khan

Abstract:

The study explores how bureaucratic efficiency aeffects international trade in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Llanka. A composite indicator of government effectiveness is used to measure bureaucratic efficiency and the model is estimated by using the SYS-GMM. It is well recognized that bureaucratic efficiency is vital to the enhancement of trade, whereas the result shows that a negative relationship exists between bureaucratic efficiency and trade openness. Similarly, encouraging links exists between government size and international trade as the government provides different services to enhance the trade inat the international market.

research from:

• Foundation University - Faculty of Management Sciences

Year:

2019

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

GLOBAL SOCIAL SCIENCES REVIEW (GSSR)

Volume:

4

Number:

3

Pages:

31-38

Month:

9

ISSN:

2616-793x

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2019(IV-III).05