Reputation Matters : Spillover Effects in the Enforcement of US SPS Measures

This paper uses a novel dataset on United States food import refusals to show that reputation is an important factor in the enforcement of sanitary and phytosanitary measures. The strongest reputation effect comes from a country's own history...

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Main Authors: Jouanjean, Marie-Agnes, Maur, Jean-Christophe, Shepherd, Ben
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
EGG
TEA
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120105104752
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3220