Do food standards affect the quality of EU imports?

Alessandro Olper, Daniele Curzi and Lucia Pacca

This paper investigates the relationship between the diffusion of EU standards and product quality upgrading using highly disaggregated import data to the EU in the food industry. Results show that, on average, the diffusion of EU voluntary standards boosts the rate of quality upgrading. However the results are heterogeneous when moving from primary to processed foods, and from ISO to non-ISO standards.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Olper, Alessandro ; Curzi, Daniele ; Pacca, Lucia
Publisher:	Leuven : LICOS
Subject:	Quality Upgrading \| EU Food Standards \| Competition \| Distance to the frontier \| Produktqualität \| Product quality \| Standardisierung \| Standardization \| Lebensmittel \| Food \| Import \| Lebensmittelsicherheit \| Food safety

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (10 S.)
Series:	LICOS discussion paper series / LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance : discussion paper. - Leuven : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2432254-4. - Vol. 338
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/101047 [Handle]
Classification:	C23 - Models with Panel Data ; F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations ; F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade ; L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; O14 - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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