Barriers to Exit

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Alberto Chong

University of Ottawa

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta

Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE; Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE); Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona; CEPR

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Date Written: August 2006

Abstract

Unlike previous empirical studies that focus on barriers to entry in international trade, we focus on barriers to exit as measured by passport costs for a cross-section of countries. We test four common theories on the determinants of such exit barriers and find that macroeconomic and brain-drain explanations do explain high barriers to exit. However, institutional and cultural hypotheses do not appear to be empirically robust explanations of such high barriers. Our findings hold when applying instrumental variables, changes in specification, and changes in cross-country periods.

Suggested Citation

Chong, Alberto and León-Ciliotta, Gianmarco, Barriers to Exit (August 2006). IDB Working Paper No. 477, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1820050 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1820050

Alberto Chong (Contact Author)

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Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona ( email )

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Spain

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