The Cost of Compliance with Product Standards for Firms in Developing Countries : An Econometric Study

Standards and technical regulations exist to protect consumer safety or to achieve other goals, such as ensuring the interoperability of telecommunications systems, for example. Standards and technical regulations can, however, raise substantially both start-up and production costs for firms. Maskus...

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Main Authors:	Maskus, Keith E., Otsuki, Tsunehiro, Wilson, John S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BENCHMARK BILATERAL TRADE CAPITAL USE COMPETITIVENESS COMPLIANCE COSTS CONSUMERS COST FUNCTIONS COST MINIMIZATION DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY EMISSION STANDARDS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT EQUATIONS EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FACTOR DEMAND FIXED COSTS GDP GDP DEFLATOR GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS IMPORTS INFLATION INPUT PRICES INPUT USE INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR COSTS MARGINAL COST MARKET FAILURES MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION MIDDLE EAST PERMITS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC POLICY REGRESSION ANALYSIS SPILLOVERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TARIFF BARRIERS TECHNICAL STANDARDS TELECOMMUNICATIONS THEORETICAL MODELS TRADE DISPUTES TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY VALUE ADDED VARIABLE COSTS VARIABLE INPUTS WAGE RATES WAGES Microdata Set
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