Trade Openness and Democracy: The Case of Gabon - Modern Economy

ME > Vol.8 No.2, February 2017

Modern Economy

Volume 8, Issue 2 (February 2017)

ISSN Print: 2152-7245 ISSN Online: 2152-7261

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Trade Openness and Democracy: The Case of Gabon ()

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DOI: 10.4236/me.2017.82013 1,471 Downloads 2,836 Views Citations

Author(s)

Assoumou Ondo

Affiliation(s)

CIREGED, Omar Bongo University, Libreville, Gabon.

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the relation between trade openness and democracy in Gabon. Unlike traditional approaches based on the estimation of linear gravity models, we first estimate a nonlinear model characterizing the relation between democracy and trade openness. We then determine an optimal threshold beyond which democracy has a positive effect on trade openness in Gabon.

KEYWORDS

Trade Openness, Democracy, Nonlinear Relation

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Ondo, A. (2017) Trade Openness and Democracy: The Case of Gabon. Modern Economy, 8, 191-198. doi: 10.4236/me.2017.82013.

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