Quality of government and regional trade: evidence from European Union regions
利用2013年267个欧盟地区的贸易数据，研究了政府质量差异如何影响区域间贸易，发现欠发达地区提升制度质量对促进贸易至关重要。
Using a novel database of regional trade flows between 267 European regions for 2013, this paper examines how government quality affects trade between European Union (EU) regions. The results of a structural gravity cross-sectional analysis of trade show that trade across EU regions is highly influenced by differences in regional government quality. This influence varies by both sector of economic activity and the level of economic development of the region. The results indicate that if the less developed regions of the EU want to engage in greater interregional trade, improving their institutional quality is a must.