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Issues of Environmental and Labor Standards in the Global Trading System.

Brown, D.K.; deardroff, A.V.; Stern, R.M. - Michigan - Center for Research on Economic & Social Theory - 1997

actions designed to harmonize domestic policies, institutions, and practices especially with regard to trade …

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Labor Standards and International Trade.

Stern, R.M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 1998

There is a wide disparity of views on issues of international labor standards. Labor and social activists are concerned about the increased imports from countries in which labor standards are ostensibly not enforced at a sufficiently high level. They fear that these imports will be detrimental...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005357226

Standardization Policy and International Trade.

Gandal, N.; Shy, O. - Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University - 1996

In this paper we examine the incentives for governments to recognize the standards of foreign products. In the case of non-recognition, a foreign firm must incur an additional cost to sell in the local market.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675098

« Comparing apples with pears. How differences in pesticide residues regulations impact trade? »

Drogué, S.; DeMaria, F. - Unité Mixte de Recherche Marchés, Organisations, … - 2012

The impact of food safety standards on international trade has already been addressed. Generally, economists try to … assess trade losses borne by exporters when importing countries impose stricter regulations. In this paper we assess the … impact of the Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) of pesticides on the trade of apples and pears. Rather than focusing on a …

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Labor Standards and Trade.

Stern, R.M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 2000

This paper explores the wide disparity of views on issues of international labor standards and the available options for addressing the issues involved. The discussion and analysis include: the definition and scope of labor standards; theoretical aspects of the economic effects of labor...

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