Non-tariff measures, quality and exporting: evidence from microdata
ukraine
consultancy
non-tariff-measures
firm-level
European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2020. With Veronika Movchan and Volodymyr Vakhitov.
Non-tariff measures are often treated in policy debate as pure trade friction, but firm-level evidence shows they also act as a quality signal: compliance raises the price premium exporters can command in destination markets, partially offsetting the compliance cost. We quantify this trade-off using product-level export microdata.
Published in: European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47(2), 719–751