SINGLE MARKET NON-COMPLIANCE: HOW RELEVANT IS THE INSTITUTIONAL SETTING?

Natália Barbosa (), Maria Helena Guimarães () and Ana Faria
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Maria Helena Guimarães: School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2017, vol. 62, issue 05, 1115-1135

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of the national institutional setting in explaining Single Market non-compliance regarding non-tariff barriers in intra-European Union (EU) trade. Using data on infringements to Single Market law we show that the quality of domestic institutional characteristics is relevant to explain non-compliance among EU countries. While government independence from political pressures and higher levels of representativeness and accountability reduce the propensity of member states to infringe upon Single Market laws, better regulatory quality increases the probability of non-compliance at industry level, suggesting that increases in competition may generate protectionist measures that violate Single Market law.

Keywords: Institutions; single market; non-compliance; non-tariff barriers; count data models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1142/S0217590815500861

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