Export Intermediation, Institutional Quality, and Export Performance in Tanzania: A Catalyst for Agricultural Transformation

Using the same dataset, this study extends the application of the Institutional Theory and the Theory of International Trade with the intermediary sector and the Pseudo-Probit Maximum Likelihood (PPML), panel gravity model on Tanzania’s exports from the agriculture sector. [...] Following the paucity in the literature on the institutional quality of the destination markets and export modes, such as intermediaries to the export performance of firms can be drawn from three strands of literature. [...] (2010) Prod destination The number of other foreign export intermediaries clustered in the same + spillover area exporting the same product to the same destination Product spillover The number of foreign export intermediaries in the area exporting the + same product Institutional Indicators for control of governance effectiveness, rule of law, and qualities regulatory quality leading to transactio. [...] Rule of law (rle) An index that captures perceptions of the extent to which agents have + confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence Regulatory An index that captures perceptions of the ability of the government to + authority formulate and imple. [...] Finally, the impact of export spillover from the number of foreign, agricultural export intermediary firms exporting the same products from the same city to the same destinations, is notably higher than the rest.