The Effect of Product Standards on Agricultural Exports from Developing Countries

The authors create a standards restrictiveness index using newly available data on maximum residue levels of pesticides for 61 importing countries. The paper analyzes the impact that food safety standards have on international trade of agricultural...

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Main Authors:	Ferro, Esteban, Wilson, John S., Otsuki, Tsunehiro
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCORDS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE APPLES AVOCADOS BANANAS BEEF BILATERAL TRADE BILATERAL TRADE DATA CA CARROTS CASHEW NUTS CEREALS COMPETITIVENESS CONFORMITY ASSESSMENTS CONSUMERS CURRENCY CURRENCY UNION DATES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DRIED FRUITS ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH EGG ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EUROPEAN UNION EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT COSTS EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTERS EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FIXED COST FIXED COSTS FOOD HYGIENE FOOD IMPORTS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOODS FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL INTEGRATION GLOBAL TRADE GRAPEFRUIT GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES GROUNDNUT GUAVAS IMPORT MARKETS IMPORT POLICIES IMPORT TARIFF IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCREASING RETURNS INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LDCS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS LEMONS LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MACROECONOMICS MAIZE MANGOES MARGINAL EFFECTS MARKET SIZE MARKET STRUCTURE MILLS MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION MULTILATERAL TRADE NUTS OATS ORANGES PEACHES PESTICIDE PESTICIDES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POTATOES PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION PRODUCTION PROCESS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICY PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS RICE SAFETY SAFETY REGULATIONS SAFETY STANDARDS SOYA BEANS SPICES SPINACH SWEET POTATOES TANGERINES TARIFF DATA TARIFF RATE TECHNICAL BARRIERS TECHNICAL ECONOMICS TOMATOES TRADE BARRIERS TRADE BLOC TRADE BLOCS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE INTENSITY TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES URUGUAY ROUND VALUE OF EXPORTS VALUE OF TRADE VARIABLE COSTS VEGETABLES WHEAT WORLD TRADE WTO emerging markets standards
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17940296/effect-product-standards-agricultural-exports-developing-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15878

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