DISENTANGLING DEMAND-ENHANCING AND TRADE-COST EFFECTS OF MAXIMUM RESIDUE REGULATIONS

Bo Xiong () and John Beghin ()

Economic Inquiry, 2014, vol. 52, issue 3, 1190-1203

Abstract: type="main" xml:id="ecin12082-abs-0001"> Maximum residue level (MRL) regulations in plant products can create unnecessary trade barriers on one hand and enhance demand via risk mitigation or quality assurance on the other. We stipulate a generalized gravity equation model to disentangle the effects of MRLs on the import demand and foreign exporters' supply. Applying the framework to the MRLs on pesticides imposed by high-income Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, we find that the MRLs jointly enhance the import demand and hinder foreign exporters' supply. In addition, exporters from the less and least developed countries are more constrained by the MRLs than their competitors from the developed world. (JEL F14, Q17)

Date: 2014
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (60)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/ecin.2014.52.issue-3 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
Chapter: DISENTANGLING DEMAND-ENHANCING AND TRADE-COST EFFECTS OF MAXIMUM RESIDUE REGULATIONS (2017)
Working Paper: Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations (2014)
Working Paper: Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations (2013)
Working Paper: Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations (2013)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:ecinqu:v:52:y:2014:i:3:p:1190-1203

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://ordering.onl ... s.aspx?ref=1465-7295

Access Statistics for this article

Economic Inquiry is currently edited by Tim Salmon

More articles in Economic Inquiry from Western Economic Association International Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().