Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/159321 
Year of Publication: 
2003
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Quaderni - Working Paper DSE No. 480
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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE), Bologna
Abstract: 
A key feature of the EU harmonization of technical barriers to trade (TBT's) is that exporting firms may entail a compliance costs. This paper provides theoretical and empirical work. In a simple Cournot duopoly with trade, we pursue the idea that process R&D has a positive spillover effect (with different intensities) in lowering the compliance cost and investigate the impact of an R&D subsidy. Using a self-constructed database, which specifically identifies sectors where the EU has sought to introduce harmonized environmental regulations, we find evidence that support this prediction of the theory.
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