THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN PUBLIC GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the mediating role of ease of doing business in the relationship of public governance and international trade. A sample of 150 countries and Structural equation model with partial least Square method was used to test the hypotheses. A full mediation was evident from the study, where governance has an indirect effect on trade, which fully mediated by ease of doing business.