Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/262036 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1422
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
This study evaluates the impact of conventional cage bans for laying hens in the EU on exports of poultry-keeping equipment. Using detailed data on international trade in poultry-keeping equipment combined with an event study regression approach yields several new findings. The results suggest that the cage bans were associated with an increase in intra-EU trade, and also an increase in exports of poultry equipment from EU member states to non-EU countries where conventional cages are still permitted. The results suggest that some banned cages were likely exported to countries outside the EU to be used in egg production.
Subjects: 
International trade
Policy leakage
Animal welfare
JEL: 
F14
F15
Q17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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