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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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800528/cost-compliance-product-standards-firms-developing-countries-econometric-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8961 |