Regulatory SPS instruments in meat trade

Simon W. Schlueter, Christine Wieck and Thomas Heckelei

No 56972, Discussion Papers from University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics

Abstract: Policy makers have to choose between different potentially risk-reducing instruments regulating agri-food trade. Analysing the meat sector, the paper aims at identifying least trade distorting regulations for different policy goals relevant to the SPS agreement. For this purpose, a non-linear gravity model is estimated by Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood and applied to a panel data set at HS 4-digit level. Regulations are distinguished by a frequency approach allowing to identify the least trade distorting regulation for each policy objective. The results suggest significant differences of trade impacts between types of sanitary regulations.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.56972

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