Standards and Trade Performance

The UK Experience

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9707512
AutoresPeter Swann (University of Manchester), Paul Temple (0000-0003-4645-5935, London Business School), Mark Shurmer
Año1996
Volumen106
Número438
Páginas1297
Fecha de publicación1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2235522
OpenAlexW2005116784
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15
Referencias citadas9

This paper analyses the effects of standards on UK trade performance. The results suggest that UK strength in standards improves the UK trade balance, but can also act to make the UK market more open. The results also contradict two common views of the effects of standards: first, that standards activity in one country is cancelled out by competing standards activity in another; and second, that international standards are the only ones that give trade advantage while ‘idiosyncratic' national standards are largely irrelevant. The findings indicate that standards promote intra-industry trade, and that ‘idiosyncratic' standards can promote exports

Balance (ability · Balance of trade · Business · Economics · International economics · International trade · Political science · Technical barriers to trade · Technical standard · Trade barrier · Accounting · Firm Innovation and Growth · Global trade and economics · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Psychology