Harmonisation of food regulations and trade in the Single Market: evidence from disaggregated data
(2006) European Review of Agricultural Economics — Vol. 33, n° 3, p. 337-360 (2006)
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- A structural gravity model is used to quantify the effect of harmonisation of EU food regulations on intra-EU trade during 1990-2001. We construct a database that identifies food products covered by harmonised regulations at a very detailed level. We find, at different levels of aggregation, that harmonisation of food regulations has led to more intra-EU trade, and that the tariff equivalents of the cost of not harmonising food regulations, subject to the sub-sector elasticity of substitution, vary significantly across some food sub-sectors.
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de Frahan, B. H., & Vancauteren, M. (2006). Harmonisation of food regulations and trade in the Single Market: evidence from disaggregated data. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33(3), 337-360. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jb1015 (Original work published 2006)