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Product standards and export quality: Micro evidence from China

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  • Hu, Cui
  • Lin, Faqin

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Using European Union’s decision on lighters on 11 May 2006 that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market as a natural experiment, this paper firstly examines the impact of product standards on export quality causally. We use China’s HS-8 digit product level trade data and triple difference approach to analyze whether the product standards causally improve the product quality. We get the answer yes.

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  • Hu, Cui & Lin, Faqin, 2016. "Product standards and export quality: Micro evidence from China," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 274-277.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:145:y:2016:i:c:p:274-277
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.06.034
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    Keywords

    Product standards; Export quality; Triple difference;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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