Hidden protectionism? Evidence from non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States

被引：52

作者：

Grundke, Robert ^{[1
,2
]}

Moser, Christoph ^{[3
,4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] OECD, Paris, France

[2] IOS Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

[3] FAU Erlangen Nurnberg, Findelgasse 7-9, D-90402 Nurnberg, Germany

[4] Swiss Fed Inst Technol, KOF Swiss Econ Inst, Zurich, Switzerland

[5] CESifo, Munich, Germany

来源：

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS | 2019年 / 117卷

关键词：

Hidden protectionism; International trade; Developing countries; Import refusals; Regulatory costs; Disaggregated; United States; REGULATIONS; IMPACT; STANDARDS; SANITARY; CRISIS; TESTS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.12.007

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Can the enforcement of product standards be protectionism in disguise? This paper estimates the costs of non-compliance with U.S. product standards, using a new database on U.S. import refusals from 2002 to 2014. We find that import refusals decrease exports to the United States. This trade reducing effect is driven by developing countries and by refusals without any product sample analysis, in particular during the Subprime Crisis and its aftermath. We also provide evidence that given product standards were enforced more strictly during the crisis while the quality of imported products did not deteriorate. These results are consistent with the existence of counter-cyclical, hidden protectionism due to non-tariff barriers to trade in the United States. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：143 / 157

页数：15

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