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LOCATION:Online (Zoom-Webinar)
DESCRIPTION:The Competence Centre for International Economics Research (FIW) kindly inv
 ites to participate in the Seminar in International Economics on the topic 
 Trading up or down through voluntary sustainability standards in global agr
 i-food trade? Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are widespread marke
 t-based instruments for governing sustainability in global food trade. Soci
 o-economic and environmental impacts of VSS are inconsistent\, raising conc
 erns about VSS distorting trade without sustainability gains. We provide an
  unprecedented analysis of VSS trade effects for seven tropical commodity s
 ectors\, based on uniquely compiled data on VSS coverage and gravity models
  including all bilateral trade flows. VSS adoption enhances trade through i
 ncreased price competitiveness – we find that a one percentage point incr
 ease in the share of certified production area expands bilateral trade volu
 mes by 2.1% and reduces export prices by 0.16%. Effects vary with VSS desig
 n\, with stringent environmental requirements leading to the largest trade 
 benefits. VSS reduce the trade-inhibiting effect of governance distance bet
 ween countries if they are not too stringent in their compliance procedures
 . Rather than contributing to sustainability trading up\, VSS seem to exace
 rbate price competition in global food markets. This event is co-organised 
 with the European University Institute (EUI) and the Research Centre Intern
 ational Economics (FIW).  The seminar provides a forum for presentation an
 d discussion of recent academic research in the field of international econ
 omics. The event will be recorded. Registration: This is an online event â€
 “ please register here Language: English Speaker: Miet Maertens leads the A
 gricultural and Rural Development Economics research group at KU Leuven\, a
 nd is professor at the Division of Bio-economics and vice-chair of the Depa
 rtment of Earth and Environmental Sciences at KU Leuven (Belgium). She hold
 s a PhD in Agricultural Economics (2003) from the Georg-August University i
 n Goettingen (Germany) and MSc degrees in Economics (1999) and in Bioscienc
 e Engineering (1998) from KU Leuven. She teaches several Bachelor and Maste
 r courses in the field of agricultural\, environmental and food economics a
 t KU Leuven. Her research primarily focuses on low- and middle-income count
 ries in Africa\, Latin America\, and Southeast Asia. Discussant: Marcelo D
 olabella is an economist specialized in applied international trade and env
 ironmental research using quantitative methods. He has experience in issues
  related to the climate-trade nexus\, non-tariff measures\, global value ch
 ains\, foreign direct investment\, and trade agreement impact assessments. 
 He worked for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)\, the United Nation
 s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) and th
 e Latin American Integration Association (LAIA). He holds a M.Sc. degree in
  Economics with distinction honors from Tilburg University (The Netherlands
 ) and B.Sc. degrees in Economics from IBMEC University (Brazil) and in Euro
 pean Management from EM Strasbourg (France). This event is co-organised wit
 h the European University Institute (EUI) and the Research Centre Internati
 onal Economics (FIW).  The seminar provides a forum for presentation and d
 iscussion of recent academic research in the field of international economi
 cs. The event will be recorded.  
SUMMARY:Seminar in International Economics: Trading up or down through voluntary su
 stainability standards in global agri-food trade?
ORGANIZER:FIW
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 p-or-down-through-voluntary-sustainability-standards-in-global-agri-food-tr
 ade/
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