Titre
Non-tariff measures, preferential trade agreements, and prices: new evidence
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Cadot, O.
Auteure/Auteur
Gourdon, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
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ISSN
1610-2878
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2016
Volume
152
Numéro
2
Première page
227
Dernière page/numéro d’article
249
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Combining for the first time a new dataset of non-tariff measures (NTMs) in 65 countries with the CEPII's unit values database, we estimate average ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) for sanitary and phytosanitary, technical-barriers-to trade and other measures by section of the Harmonized System of product classification. While most existing AVEs are obtained from indirect quantity-based estimation, ours are obtained from direct price-gap estimation. They lie in a single-digit range, i.e. substantially lower than previous estimates based on older data. Our results may reflect the progressive phasing out of command-and-control instruments such as quantitative restrictions in many countries; they also suggest that sanitary and technical regulations have not substituted for them as trade-restrictive interventions. Most interestingly, we show that deep-integration clauses in regional trade agreements, in particular the mutual recognition of conformity-assessment procedures, substantially reduce the price-raising effect of NTMs, possibly reflecting lower compliance costs.
PID Serval
serval:BIB_9FF2D06E5CDA
Date de création
2016-12-20T13:24:07.466Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T22:43:40Z