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Do SPS measures matter for margins of trade? Evidence from firm-level data

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  • Hoda El-Enbaby
  • Rana Hendy
  • Chahir Zaki

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According to the World Trade Organization (WTO) standards, countries are allowed to adapt regulations under the Sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT) agreements in order to protect human, animal and plant health, as well as environment and human safety. Yet, these measures can become an impediment in international trade, especially for developing countries. Therefore, using an Egyptian firm-level data set and a new database on specific trade concerns raised in the TBT and SPS committees at the WTO, we analyse the effects of product standards on two related aspects: first, the probability to export (firm-product extensive margin), and second, the value exported (firm-product intensive margin). We merge this data set with a new database on specific trade concerns raised in the TBT and SPS committees at the WTO. Our main findings show that SPS measures imposed on Egyptian exporters have a negative impact on the probability of exporting a new product to a new destination. By contrast, the intensive margin of exports is not significantly affected by such measures.

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  • Hoda El-Enbaby & Rana Hendy & Chahir Zaki, 2016. "Do SPS measures matter for margins of trade? Evidence from firm-level data," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(21), pages 1949-1964, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:48:y:2016:i:21:p:1949-1964
    DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1111987
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