Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203706 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 372
Publisher: 
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
Abstract: 
In September 2008, the EU replaced national-level regulation on Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) in pesticides with harmonized Community-wide regulation. Using data on pesticide MRLs for 53 trading partners over 2005-2014, we examine the effects of this harmonization on both intra- and extra-EU imports in an original empirical contribution to this literature. We also embed regulatory heterogeneity in the Melitz (2003) framework in a theoretical contribution. We find robust evidence for adverse effects of regulatory heterogeneity on intra-EU trade in the pre-harmonization period, which questions the implementation of the Cassis de Dijon principle. Our findings also suggest that the EU's MRL harmonization may have improved access for non-EU, including non-OECD, exporters to the Common Market.
Subjects: 
Standards
MRL Regulation
Harmonization
EU
Trade
JEL: 
F13
F14
I18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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