02086cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009721 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451868555 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Sadikov, Azim. Border and Behind-the-Border Trade Barriers and Country Exports / Azim Sadikov. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2007. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students How do signatures required for exporting and business registration procedures affect the volume and composition of country's exports? To answer this question, I develop a model where a country can export two types of products: differentiated and homogeneous. I show that export signatures and registration procedures reduce overall exports by increasing transaction costs. The impact, however, varies across goods according to the product's degree of differentiation- the lack of price data on differentiated products due to their heterogeneity makes them more sensitive to export signatures. Regressions show that each extra signature exporters have to collect before a shipment can take place reduces aggregate exports by 4.2 percent. The impact is large, equivalent to raising importer's tariff by 5 percentage points. Furthermore, each signature lowers exports of differentiated products by 4-5 percent more than exports of homogeneous goods. I find evidence that business registration procedures affect exports of differentiated products only. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2007/292 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2007/292/001.2007.issue-292-en.xml IMF e-Library