North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade - Archive ouverte HAL Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue World Bank Economic Review Année : 2015

North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade

Résumé

Recent years have seen a surge in economic integration agreements (EIAs) and the development of non-tariff measures (NTMs). As a consequence, a growing number of EIAs include provisions on NTMs. However, little attention has been given in the literature to the effects of NTM liberalization in the context of EIAs. In this paper, we focus on provisions for technical regulations and analyze whether the North-South harmonization of technical barriers affects international trade. Using a gravity equation, we test whether, as a result of the deep integration associated with standards provisions included in the EIA, the Southern partners' trade expands with the North, but at the expense of their trade with non-bloc Southern partners. Empirical results provide strong support for this conjecture. Moreover, harmonization on the basis of regional standards negatively impacts the exports of developing countries to the North.

Mots clés

Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
WPS6710_1_.pdf (439.46 Ko) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)
Loading...

Dates et versions

hal-00975529 , version 1 (08-04-2014)

Identifiants

Citer

Anne-Célia Disdier, Lionel Fontagné, Olivier Cadot. North-South Standards Harmonization and International Trade. World Bank Economic Review, 2015, 29 (2), pp.327-352. ⟨10.1093/wber/lht039⟩. ⟨hal-00975529⟩
456 Consultations
530 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More