The impact of regulations on agricultural trade: Evidence from the SPS and TBT agreements

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 336-350

  Disdier, Anne Célia ^a   Fontagné, Lionel ^b   Mimouni, Mondher ^c  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c International Trade Center (UNCTAD WTO)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Protectionism; Sanitaryand phyto sanitary standards; Technicalbarriers to trade

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVENTORY; OECD; REGULATORY APPROACH; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE RELATIONS; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 42149194335     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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