@techreport{NBERw8346,
 title = "Standards and Related Regulations in International Trade: A Modeling Approach",
 author = "Mattias Ganslandt and James R. Markusen",
 institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research",
 type = "Working Paper",
 series = "Working Paper Series",
 number = "8346",
 year = "2001",
 month = "June",
 URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w8346",
 abstract = {Standards and technical regulations which govern the admissibility of imported goods into an economy raise costs of exporters entering new markets, and may have a particularly high impact on firms seeking to export from developing countries.  Yet standards may also have a positive side, such as certifying product quality and safety for the consumer.  This paper suggests approaches to modeling standards and technical regulations, with a particular concern that these approaches are at least potentially implementable in an applied general-equilibrium model with real data.},
}