Deep trade agreements and harmonization of standards.

This study examines how free trade agreements (FTAs) and customs unions (CUs) affect multilateral trade agreements when countries endogenously determine the standards as well as tariffs. Raising standards reduces the negative consumption externalities of a traded good but increases firms' costs. We...

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Publicado en:	Southern Economic Journal Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 118 - 144
Autores principales:	Kawabata, Yasushi, Takarada, Yasuhiro
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Jul2021
Materias:	International trade Commercial treaties Free trade Customs unions Engineering standards
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