Protectionism Indices for Non-Tariff Measures: An Application to Maximum Residue Levels

Yuan Li and John Beghin ()

Staff General Research Papers Archive from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We propose aggregation indices of Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) to quantify their protectionism relative to international standards. We apply the indices to national Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) regulations affecting agricultural and food trade and using a science-based criteria embodied in Codex Alimentarius international standards. The approach links two streams of the NTM literature, one concerned with the aggregation of various NTMs into operational indices for econometric and modeling purposes, and the other attempting to evaluate the protectionism of NTMs. The data used in the application come from a large international dataset on veterinary and pesticide MRLs and CODEX MRL standards for a large set of countries

Keywords: NTMs; Non-tariff measures; barriers; protectionism; Maximum residue limit; MRL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 Q13 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-19
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Published in Food Policy 2014, vol. 45, pp. 57-68

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