{"id":19677,"date":"2024-04-05T21:33:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-impact-of-institutional-quality-on-vietnams-trade-a-gravity-model-analysis\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T21:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:33:29","slug":"the-impact-of-institutional-quality-on-vietnams-trade-a-gravity-model-analysis","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/the-impact-of-institutional-quality-on-vietnams-trade-a-gravity-model-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"The impact of institutional quality on Vietnam&#8217;s trade: A Gravity model analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">My thesis will concentrate on<br \/>\nstudying the impact of institutional quality on Vietnam&#8217;s exports and imports<br \/>\nin recent years. Vietnam has been deeply affected by the Vietnam War and<br \/>\ndiplomatic closures, enduring long periods of American sanctions. However, in<br \/>\nrecent decades, significant efforts have been made by national authorities to<br \/>\nimprove their governance indicators. Trade policy has facilitated the opening<br \/>\nof import and export channels for Vietnam, creating numerous opportunities. <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I applying<br \/>\nthe gravity model to imvestigate how the Vietnam\u2019s institutional trade affects<br \/>\nits trade relations with the nations.<\/span><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Working hypotheses:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hypothesis<br \/>\n#1:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> Institutional quality has a <a style=\"cursor: auto;\">positive impact on Vietnam&#8217;s trade<\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP1]<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hypothesis<br \/>\n#2:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The impact of institutional quality on Vietnam&#8217;s trade <a style=\"cursor: auto;\">is mediated by its geographical proximity<br \/>\nto trading partners, <\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP2]<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">with<br \/>\nstronger effects observed for neighboring countries.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Hypothesis<br \/>\n#3:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Institutional quality positively influences trade diversification, leading<br \/>\nto a broader range of export and import partners for Vietnam.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Methodology:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I am using a dataset from 2012 to 2022, focusing on trade<br \/>\nflows in Vietnam. I will apply the Gravity model to analyze <a style=\"cursor: auto;\">the trade<br \/>\ndata between Vietnam and its trading partners, <\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP3]<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">aiming to<br \/>\nexamine the impact of institutional quality on trade. The study seeks to<br \/>\ndetermine how various factors, such as GDP, distance, population, trade rate,<br \/>\nand <a style=\"cursor: auto;\">institutional<br \/>\nquality<\/a><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP4]<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">, influence<br \/>\nVietnam&#8217;s export and import flows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Outline:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Introduction <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Literature review<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Gravity model theory<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Trade theory<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Methodology<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">a.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Data<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">b.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">General description<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Result<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Conclusion <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 108pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 10pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">References<br \/>\n\/ Bibliography:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Abreo,<br \/>\nC., Bustillo, R., &amp; Rodriguez, C. (2021). The role of institutional quality<br \/>\nin the international trade of a Latin American country: evidence from Colombian<br \/>\nexport performance.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Journal of Economic Structures<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">10<\/i>(1),<br \/>\n1-21.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\u00c1lvarez,<br \/>\nI. C., Barbero, J., Rodr\u00edguez-Pose, A., &amp; Zof\u00edo, J. L. (2018). Does<br \/>\ninstitutional quality matter for trade? Institutional conditions in a sectoral<br \/>\ntrade framework.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">World Development<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">103<\/i>, 72-87.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 36pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Oanh, T. H., &amp; yen, N. (2020). The<br \/>\ninstitutional quality and trade: Evidence from Vietnam. <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">International<br \/>\nJournal of Economics and Management Studies<\/i>, <i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">7<\/i>(5), 123\u2013130.<br \/>\ndoi:10.14445\/23939125\/ijems-v7i5p119 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">M\u00e9on,<br \/>\nP. G., &amp; Sekkat, K. (2008). Institutional quality and trade: which<br \/>\ninstitutions? Which trade?.&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Economic Inquiry<\/i>,&nbsp;<i style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">46<\/i>(2),<br \/>\n227-240.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Gani,<br \/>\nA., &amp; Prasad, B. C. (2006). Institutional quality and trade in Pacific<br \/>\nIsland countries.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<hr style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP1]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I would be more specific: it increases exports (or imports). In<br \/>\nother words, mention a variable which will be measured in the model.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP2]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Let\u00b4s talk about it in person. That can be little bit tricky but why<br \/>\nnot. Some cross products shall handle it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP3]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">I think we would need to utilize bilateral dataset. E.g. the one on<br \/>\ngravity model from CEPII. So just for you to know how the model would look<br \/>\nlike.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\">[MP4]<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Have you thought about institutional indicators? I discussed that couple<br \/>\nof weeks ago with my colleague (we are working on a paper using institutional<br \/>\nindicators) and we arrived to conclusion of using WGI (World Bank), Economic<br \/>\nComplexity Index and V-DEM. VDEM has also much larger time-series than WGI.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My thesis will concentrate on studying the impact of institutional quality on Vietnam&#8217;s exports and imports in recent years. Vietnam has been deeply affected by the Vietnam War and diplomatic closures, enduring long periods of American sanctions. However, in recent decades, significant efforts have been made by national authorities to improve their governance indicators. 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