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Do food standards affect the quality of EU imports?

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ECONOMICS LETTERS
Volume 122, Issue 2, Pages 233-237

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.11.031

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Quality upgrading; EU food standards; Competition; Distance to the frontier

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This paper investigates the relationship between the diffusion of EU standards and product quality upgrading using highly disaggregated import data to the EU in the food industry. Results show that, on average, the diffusion of EU voluntary standards boosts the rate of quality upgrading. However, the results are heterogeneous when moving from primary to processed foods, and from ISO to non-ISO standards. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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