Harmonisation of food regulations and trade in the Single Market: Evidence from disaggregated data

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-360

  De Frahan, Bruno Henry ^a   Vancauteren, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European trade; Food regulations; Gravity; Tariff equivalence; Technical barriers to trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748792006     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurrag/jbl015     Document Type: Article

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