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Economic integration and diffusion of regulatory standards: Evidence from trade networks.

We document network effects in the diffusion of regulatory standards through international trade. Using both an instrumental variables approach, based on the time‐varying geographic component of trade, and a recentering approach, exploiting the timing of regulation adoption, we provide robust eviden...

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Published in:Canadian Journal of Economics Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 137 - 163
Main Authors: Rocha, Sergio H., Thakur, Prakrati
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2026
Subjects:
International economic integration
International trade
Legal compliance
Intergovernmental cooperation
Diffusion measurements
Regulatory compliance
Foreign trade regulation
Instrumental variables (Statistics)
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