Add to ORKGIn this paper we argue that the level of democracy of an applicant matters to its GATT/WTO accession duration. Leaders in democratic states have a greater incentive to join the GATT/WTO than do their non-democratic counterpart. In addition, democratic countries usually have a relatively fair, free, and competitive domestic market which makes them easier to be accepted by the existing members in the GATT/WTO. We test this hypothesis using survival analysis. An extensive empirical search suggests that the GATT/WTO accession duration is likely shorter for an applicant whose political regime is more democratic. This \u85nding is robust to the choice of di¤erent econometric methods, data sets, and model speci\u85cations
The paper aims to examine policy-anchor hypotheses by analysing the impact of WTO accession process ...
During the three past decades, most developing countries have opted for both a higher degree of poli...
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In this paper we argue that the level of democracy of an applicant country affects the time it takes...
The WTO system and democratic rights are unexpected bedfellows. The GATT/WTO requires governments to...
Which states join international institutions? Existing theories of the multilateral trade regime, th...
Accessions to the WTO/GATT often entail reforms that go beyond narrowly defined trade liberalization...
A growing body of literature argues that democracies are more likely to comply with international ag...
In order to obtain GATT/WTO membership, aspiring countries are willing to go through the prolonged a...
A growing body of literature argues that democracies are more likely to comply with international ag...
Accessions to the World Trade Organization/General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade often entail refor...
I show that the process of democratization in developing countries constitutes an important factor i...
We study whether international trade fosters democracy. The likely endogeneity between democracy and...
The impact of globalization on democratic governance is vigorously contested. This debate has largel...
Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is unlike accession to other global organizations. I...
The paper aims to examine policy-anchor hypotheses by analysing the impact of WTO accession process ...
During the three past decades, most developing countries have opted for both a higher degree of poli...
We study the relationship between trade openness and democracy using a data set with capital-labor r...
In this paper we argue that the level of democracy of an applicant country affects the time it takes...
The WTO system and democratic rights are unexpected bedfellows. The GATT/WTO requires governments to...
Which states join international institutions? Existing theories of the multilateral trade regime, th...
Accessions to the WTO/GATT often entail reforms that go beyond narrowly defined trade liberalization...
A growing body of literature argues that democracies are more likely to comply with international ag...
In order to obtain GATT/WTO membership, aspiring countries are willing to go through the prolonged a...
A growing body of literature argues that democracies are more likely to comply with international ag...
Accessions to the World Trade Organization/General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade often entail refor...
I show that the process of democratization in developing countries constitutes an important factor i...
We study whether international trade fosters democracy. The likely endogeneity between democracy and...
The impact of globalization on democratic governance is vigorously contested. This debate has largel...
Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) is unlike accession to other global organizations. I...
The paper aims to examine policy-anchor hypotheses by analysing the impact of WTO accession process ...
During the three past decades, most developing countries have opted for both a higher degree of poli...
We study the relationship between trade openness and democracy using a data set with capital-labor r...