Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics

Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters'...

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Main Authors:	Portugal-Perez, Alberto, Reyes, Jose-Daniel, Wilson, John S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESSION ACCESSORIES ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING APPLIANCES ARTICLE AUTOMATION BASIC BINDING BINDINGS CENSORSHIP CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS CLASSIFICATION COMPONENTS COMPUTERS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DATA PROCESSING DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DATA RETRIEVAL DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVICES DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ENTRY EQUIPMENT ESTIMATORS FREE TRADE HANDHELD COMPUTERS HIGH-SPEED IMAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTEROPERABILITY INVENTORY IT INDUSTRIES MACHINERY METHODOLOGY MODELING PASCAL POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLISHING R&D RADAR REAL TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SAFETY SAN SEMICONDUCTOR SIMULATIONS SITE SPECIFICATION ERROR STANDARDIZATION SUPPLIERS TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TRANSISTORS VACUUM TUBES WEB
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spelling	okr-10986-41072021-04-23T14:02:15Z Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics Portugal-Perez, Alberto Reyes, Jose-Daniel Wilson, John S. ACCESSION ACCESSORIES ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING APPLIANCES ARTICLE AUTOMATION BASIC BINDING BINDINGS CENSORSHIP CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS CLASSIFICATION COMPONENTS COMPUTERS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DATA PROCESSING DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DATA RETRIEVAL DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVICES DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ENTRY EQUIPMENT ESTIMATORS FREE TRADE HANDHELD COMPUTERS HIGH-SPEED IMAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTEROPERABILITY INVENTORY IT INDUSTRIES MACHINERY METHODOLOGY MODELING PASCAL POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLISHING R&D RADAR REAL TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SAFETY SAN SEMICONDUCTOR SIMULATIONS SITE SPECIFICATION ERROR STANDARDIZATION SUPPLIERS TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TRANSISTORS VACUUM TUBES WEB Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on industrial requirements or consumer tastes that would be costly to collect in the absence of standards (informational-effect). Using a new World Bank database of European standards for electronic products, the authors examine the impact of internationally-harmonized European standards on European Union imports. They find that European Union standards for electronic products that are harmonized to international standards have a positive and significant effect on trade. The results suggest that efforts to promote trade in electronic products could be complemented by steps to promote standards harmonization. This might include, for example, re-starting talks to extend the Information Technology Agreement to non-tariff measures and commitments to harmonize national standards in electronic products. 2012-03-19T19:10:07Z 2012-03-19T19:10:07Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090428084810 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4107 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4916 4713 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region
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topic	ACCESSION ACCESSORIES ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING APPLIANCES ARTICLE AUTOMATION BASIC BINDING BINDINGS CENSORSHIP CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS CLASSIFICATION COMPONENTS COMPUTERS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DATA PROCESSING DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DATA RETRIEVAL DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVICES DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ENTRY EQUIPMENT ESTIMATORS FREE TRADE HANDHELD COMPUTERS HIGH-SPEED IMAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTEROPERABILITY INVENTORY IT INDUSTRIES MACHINERY METHODOLOGY MODELING PASCAL POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLISHING R&D RADAR REAL TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SAFETY SAN SEMICONDUCTOR SIMULATIONS SITE SPECIFICATION ERROR STANDARDIZATION SUPPLIERS TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TRANSISTORS VACUUM TUBES WEB
spellingShingle	ACCESSION ACCESSORIES ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING APPLIANCES ARTICLE AUTOMATION BASIC BINDING BINDINGS CENSORSHIP CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS CLASSIFICATION COMPONENTS COMPUTERS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DATA PROCESSING DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT DATA RETRIEVAL DESCRIPTION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DEVICES DIGITAL DOCUMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ELECTRONICS ENTRY EQUIPMENT ESTIMATORS FREE TRADE HANDHELD COMPUTERS HIGH-SPEED IMAGES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATIONS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INTEROPERABILITY INVENTORY IT INDUSTRIES MACHINERY METHODOLOGY MODELING PASCAL POLITICAL ECONOMY PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLISHING R&D RADAR REAL TIME RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS SAFETY SAN SEMICONDUCTOR SIMULATIONS SITE SPECIFICATION ERROR STANDARDIZATION SUPPLIERS TECHNIQUES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT TRANSISTORS VACUUM TUBES WEB Portugal-Perez, Alberto Reyes, Jose-Daniel Wilson, John S. Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
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relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4916
description	Product standards can have a dual impact on production and trade costs. Standards may impose additional costs on exporters as it may be necessary to adapt products for specific markets (cost-effect). In contrast, standards can reduce exporters' information costs if they convey information on industrial requirements or consumer tastes that would be costly to collect in the absence of standards (informational-effect). Using a new World Bank database of European standards for electronic products, the authors examine the impact of internationally-harmonized European standards on European Union imports. They find that European Union standards for electronic products that are harmonized to international standards have a positive and significant effect on trade. The results suggest that efforts to promote trade in electronic products could be complemented by steps to promote standards harmonization. This might include, for example, re-starting talks to extend the Information Technology Agreement to non-tariff measures and commitments to harmonize national standards in electronic products.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Portugal-Perez, Alberto Reyes, Jose-Daniel Wilson, John S.
author_facet	Portugal-Perez, Alberto Reyes, Jose-Daniel Wilson, John S.
author_sort	Portugal-Perez, Alberto
title	Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
title_short	Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
title_full	Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
title_fullStr	Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
title_full_unstemmed	Beyond the Information Technology Agreement : Harmonization of Standards and Trade in Electronics
title_sort	beyond the information technology agreement : harmonization of standards and trade in electronics
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090428084810 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4107
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