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Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020271
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L'utilisation stratégique des instances de normalisation environnementale
Youssef, Hounaida Ben; Grolleau, Gilles; Jebsi, Khaïreddine - In: Revue internationale de droit économique t. XIX, 4 (2005) 4, pp. 367-388
Despite the several benefits attributed to voluntary standards, these standards may open room to strategies aiming at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010852403
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A Theory of Standards-Driven Rural Development
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Rozelle, Scott; Xiang, Tao; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Consumers have increasing demands for product standards. This has important implications for development. This paper … develops a formal theory of the process of the introduction of high product standards in developing countries. The model … endogenizes the introduction of high standards. Initial differences in income, the nature of capital constraints and transaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011069578
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Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2013
Abstract: Maximum residue levels (MRLs) regulations in plant products can createunnecessary trade barriers on one hand and enhance demand via risk mitigation or qualityassurance on the other. We stipulate a generalized gravity equation model to disentanglethe effects of MRLs on the import demand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011194269
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Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality improvement, or hamper foreign export supply via imposing sizeable compliance costs, or both. The traditional gravity equation model estimates the net effect of these measures on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493655
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Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2011
We provide an ex-post econometric examination of the harmonization and tightening of the EU Maximum Residues Limit (MRL) on aflatoxins in 2002, and its impact on African exports of groundnut products. We show that the MRL set by the EU has no significant trade impact on groundnut exports from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650978
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Overcomplying for profit
Grolleau, Gilles; Mzoughi, Naoufel - In: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 6 (2005) 4, pp. 267-269
To maximize their profit, multinationals can design and implement the same and toughest standard in all locations, regardless of domestic regulations. We discuss this kind of overcompliance and stress its underpinnings. Some potential extensions are suggested. Copyright Springer Japan 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010949556
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L’élaboration des normes : un ‘nouvel’ espace de compétition ? Une application à la norme ISO 14001
Grolleau, Gilles; Mzoughi, Naoufel - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780048
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Green not (only) for profit: an empirical examination of the effect of environmental-related standards on employees’recruitment
Grolleau, Gilles; Mzoughi, Naoufel; Pekovic, Sanja - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2012
Thanks to an original database on French firms we investigate the impact of environmental-related standards on … employees’ recruitment. Using a bivariate probit model, we show that voluntary environmental-related standards (i.e., ISO 14001 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780165
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Trade, Development, and the Political Economy of Public Standards
Swinnen, Johan F.M.; Vandemoortele, Thijs - 2009
This paper presents a political economy model of public standards in an open economy model. We use the model to derive …-standardization?or `over-standardization?results, and which standards can be labeled as (producer)protectionist measures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313360