Reputation matters: Spillover effects for developing countries in the enforcement of US food safety measures

Marie-Agnès Jouanjean, Jean-Christophe Maur and Ben Shepherd

Food Policy, 2015, vol. 55, issue C, 81-91

Abstract: We use data on US food import refusals to show for the first time that reputational spillovers are important factors in the enforcement of food safety measures. The odds of a country experiencing at least one import refusal increase by over 100% if there was a refusal of the same product from a neighboring country in the preceding year. Similarly, the odds of a refusal increase by 62% if there was a refusal of a related product from the same country in the preceding year. These findings have important policy implications for exporters of agricultural products, particularly in middle-income developing countries.

Keywords: Product standards; SPS measures; Import refusals; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.06.001

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