Marette, Stephan; Beghin, John - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2010
We analyze the effect of heterogeneity of foreign and domestic producers on product standard and investigate whether … the standard chosen by the welfare-maximizing policymaker is protectionist. In a partialequilibrium set-up, both domestic …. The policymaker chooses a minimum domestic standard that has to be met by both domestic and foreign producers …