Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations

Bo Xiong () and John Beghin ()

Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications from Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University

Abstract: Maximum residue levels (MRLs) 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 OECD 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.

Keywords: maximum residue level; sanitary and phytosanitary; food safety; nontariff barriers; gravity model. JEL classifications: F14; Q17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-11
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Related works:
Chapter: DISENTANGLING DEMAND-ENHANCING AND TRADE-COST EFFECTS OF MAXIMUM RESIDUE REGULATIONS (2017)
Journal Article: 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 (2014)
Working Paper: Disentangling Demand-Enhancing and Trade-Cost Effects of Maximum Residue Regulations (2013)
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