OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers

ISSN :
1815-6797 (online)
DOI :
10.1787/18156797
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Selected studies on various food, agriculture and fisheries issues from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate.

NB. No. 1 to No. 58 were released under the previous series title OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Working Papers.

 

A Cost-Benefit Framework for the Assessment of Non-Tariff Measures in Agro-Food Trade You or your institution have access to this content

Authors:
Frank van Tongeren1, John Beghin, Stéphane Marette2
Author Affiliations
  • 1: OECD, France

  • 2: Institut national de la recherche agronomique, France

Publication Date
01 Nov 2009
Bibliographic information
No.:
21
Pages
73
DOI
10.1787/220613725148

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This report develops a conceptual framework for the assessment of costs and benefits associated with non-tariff measures that allows an evidence-based comparative assessment of alternative regulatory approaches.
Also available in: French
Keywords:
information and product quality, standardization and compatibility, economics of regulation, trade policy, international trade organisations, agriculture in international trade
JEL Classification:
  • F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
  • L15: Industrial Organization / Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance / Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
  • L51: Industrial Organization / Regulation and Industrial Policy / Economics of Regulation
  • Q17: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Agriculture / Agriculture in International Trade