Oleksandr Shepotylo

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

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

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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Non-tariff measures, quality and exporting: evidence from microdata

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

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

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Conflict and well-being of civilians: The case of the Russian-Ukrainian hybrid war

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Using survey data collected before and after the outbreak of hybrid warfare in eastern Ukraine in 2014, we estimate the effect of proximity to conflict on self-reported well-being and economic security — evidence that predates, and helps contextualise, the much larger shock of the 2022 full-scale invasion.

Published in: Economic Systems, 44(1)

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