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    Regulatory Dissimilarity: A First Look at the Newly Collected Non-Tariff Measure Database

    Nabeshima, Kaoru; Obashi, Ayako | March 2019
    Abstract
    In this paper we construct a dissimilarity indicator to measure the degree to which a product may face different sets of regulations in two countries (the export country and the import country). Since the indicator is highly scalable, we can also construct the difference in regulations applied at the sector or country levels. In this study, we mainly utilize country-level information to compare regulatory regimes across countries to see how much a country’s set of regulations differs from the global norm. We also use this indicator to suggest a way to approach regulatory harmonisation in various regional integration efforts in East Asia. This allows us to identify which country can serve as a benchmark for regulatory harmonisation, by allowing countries to negotiate around a base set of regulations. This approach provides more concrete policy guidance on the issue of regulatory harmonisation compared to the tariff-equivalent approach.
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    Nabeshima, Kaoru; Obashi, Ayako. 2019. Regulatory Dissimilarity: A First Look at the Newly Collected Non-Tariff Measure Database. © Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9796.
    Keywords
    Regionalism
    Regional Economy
    Regional Trading Arrangements
    Regional Trade Integration
    Regional Economic Integration
    Regional Cooperation
    Interregional Cooperation
    Trade Disputes
    Trade Barriers
    Free Trade
    Trade
    Trade Agreements
    Intraregional Trade
    Government Policy
    Regional Organization
    Regional Plans
    Economic integration
    Regional Development Bank
    Preferential tariffs
    International negotiation
    Protectionist measures
    Access to markets
    Economic agreements
    International trade law
    Regional integration
    Trade relations
    Exports
    Economic integration
    Distribution
    Economic integration
    Development Bank
    Trade policy
    Small Business
    Regional economics
    Regional planning
    Regional disparities
    Interregionalism
    Regional economic disparities
    Regional economic blocs
    Industrial arbitration
    Euro
    Inflation
    Business
    Finance
    Free trade
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    Nabeshima, Kaoru
    Obashi, Ayako
    Theme
    Regional
    Trade
     
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