Food safety is a rising challenge worldwide due to the expanding population and the need
to produce food to feed the growing population. At the same time, pesticide residues found …

The increasing policy interest and academic debates on non‐tariff measures (NTMs) has
stimulated a growing literature on how NTMs affect agri‐food trade. The empirical literature …

This paper documents the construction of BACI, our international trade database, which
covers more than 200 countries and 5,000 products, between 1994 and 2007. New …

Interfering maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides with agricultural trade is becoming
important for food and trade policies in the early 21st century. Differing levels for pesticide …

Menschen müssen sich ernähren, aber das Was, Wie und Wann des Essens ist damit kaum
vorherbestimmt. Menschen legen in ganz verschiedener Weise fest, was essbar ist und was …

We assess the literature on public and private quality standards and their impact in food
markets, international trade, and global supply chains. We focus on their effects on welfare …

This paper considers the heterogenous trade effects of restrictive Sanitary and Phyto-
Sanitary (SPS) measures on exporters of different sizes, and the channels via which …

There are few empirical studies assessing the effectiveness of aid for trade as regards trade
performance. Furthermore, existing work does not test which are the channels through which …

In an attempt to disentangle the impact of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures on
trade patterns, we use the database on specific trade concerns on SPS measures of the …

The agri‐food trade has expanded considerably over decades, with a remarkable increase
in the market share of developing countries. The upward trend in trade flows has been …