Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/101047 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
LICOS Discussion Paper No. 338
Publisher: 
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, Leuven
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Quality Upgrading
EU Food Standards
Competition
Distance to the frontier
JEL: 
C23
F13
F14
L15
O14
Q17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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