Standards and Trade Performance

The UK Experience

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9707512
AutoresPeter Swann (University of Manchester), Paul Temple (0000-0003-4645-5935, London Business School), Mark Shurmer
Ano1996
Volume106
Fascículo438
Páginas1297
Data de publicação1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Economic Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2235522
OpenAlexW2005116784
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências 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

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