Non-tariff measures and productivity of Ukrainian food-processing firms

Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2022. With Volodymyr Vakhitov, Veronika Movchan, and Mariia Panga.

Non-tariff measures imposed by trading partners act as a quality filter on Ukrainian food-processing exporters: firms that clear them see productivity gains, while the compliance costs push less productive firms out of export markets entirely. Using firm-level microdata, we separate this selection effect from the direct within-firm productivity effect of meeting stricter standards — evidence directly relevant to Ukraine’s ongoing agrifood market access negotiations with the EU.

Published in: Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(1), 234–256

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