Certification programs and north-south trade

Podhorsky, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.009

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“…77 Podhorsky (2013) also considered a model of monopolistic competition with two dimensions of product differentiation, albeit with common preferences in the two countries. She uses her model to study the global inefficiencies that may arise when countries noncooperatively administer voluntary certification programs in the presence of imperfect consumer information about product characteristics. …”

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The “New” Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?

Grossman

McCalman

Staiger

2021

ECTA

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What incentives do governments have to negotiate trade agreements that constrain their domestic regulatory policies? We study a model in which firms design products to appeal to local consumer tastes, but their fixed costs increase with the difference between versions of their product destined for different markets. In this setting, firms' profit‐maximizing choices of product attributes are globally optimal in the absence of consumption externalities, but national governments have unilateral incentives to invoke regulatory protectionism to induce firm delocation. An efficient trade agreement requires commitments not to engage in such opportunistic behavior. A rule requiring mutual recognition of standards can be used to achieve efficiency, but one that requires only national treatment falls short. When product attributes confer local consumption externalities, an efficient trade agreement must coordinate the fine details of countries' regulatory policies.

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The “New” Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?

Grossman

McCalman

Staiger

2021

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“…The paper also relates to an existing literature on the implications of "fair trade" certification (e.g., Dragusanu et al, 2022, De Janvry et al, 2015, Podhorsky, 2013. This literature has emphasized the role of fair trade in redistributing agricultural profits from imperfectly competitive intermediary wholesalers to farmers in developing countries (e.g., Dragusanu et al, 2022, Podhorsky, 2015.…”

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Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica

Alfaro-Ureña¹,

Faber

Gaubert

et al. 2022

SSRN Journal

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“…Much of the extant research focuses on the different public good dimensions of VSS. These vary across systems—some systems may seek to reduce the incidence of child labour, and others aim to improve working conditions or to enhance access to credit for smallholder producers (Auriol & Schilizzi, ; Podhorsky, ).…”

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Institutional design of voluntary sustainability standards systems: Evidence from a new database

Fiorini

Hoekman

Jansen

et al. 2019

Development Policy Review

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Voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) have become a significant element of the governance of international trade and production. Even though VSS are not mandatory (required by law), in practice they are often necessary for producers to participate in global value chains. Finally, VSS are often considered costly for producers. This article provides an overview of the global VSS landscape, and addresses the following questions: how producer-friendly are VSS, and how do their practices towards producers vary with relevant features of VSS institutional design? The analysis is empirical, and it is based on a data collection project called Standards Map (SM), launched in 2011 by the International Trade Centre (ITC). The analysis covers a population of up to 180 VSS. This large-n approach allows for a macro-perspective which complements the existing literature characterized by micro-level studies. Our analysis documents a significant heterogeneity in producer-friendly practices across VSS. We find that participation in meta-governance organizations (such as ISEAL full membership) is strongly associated with producer-friendly practices. Moreover, the location of headquarters in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, the engagement of buyers in the board or management of the O194 | FIORINI et al.

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Certification programs and north-south trade

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

The “New” Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?

The “New” Economics of Trade Agreements: From Trade Liberalization to Regulatory Convergence?

Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica

Institutional design of voluntary sustainability standards systems: Evidence from a new database

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