Cadot, Olivier; Disdier, Anne-Célia; Fontagné, Lionel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
). As a consequence, a growing number of RTAs include provisions on NTMs. This paper investigates the effect of standards-harmonization …-South harmonization of technical regulations reinforces a hub-and-spoke trade structure potentially detrimental to the development of … South-South trade and (ii) harmonization on regional standards hurts Southern exports to the North. Thus, standards-harmonization …