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 of compliance in relation to a particular product. The odds of at least one import refusal in the current year increase by more than 300 percent if there was a refusal in the preceding year, after controlling...
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تفاصيل
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2012/1/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS5935
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2012/1/01
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Disclosed
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Reputation matters : spillover effects in the enforcement of US SPS measures
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Natural Resources and Environment