Product Standards, Harmonization, and Trade : Evidence from the Extensive Margin

The author uses a new database of EU product standards in the textiles, clothing, and footwear sectors to present the first empirical evidence that international standards harmonization is associated with increased partner country export variety. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherd, Ben
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/11/8681816/product-standards-harmonization-trade-evidence-extensive-margin
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7606