Effects of RoHs and REACH regulations on firm-level production and export, and the role of global value chains : the cases of Malaysia and Vietnam
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29/10/2015
29/10/2015
01/04/2015
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Resumo |
This paper uses firm-level data to examine the impact of foreign chemical safety regulations such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. This paper also investigates the role of global value chains in enhancing the likelihood that a firm complies with RoHS and REACH. We find that in addition to the initial setup costs for compliance, EU RoHS (REACH) implementation imposes on firms additional variable production costs by requiring additional labor and capital expenditures of around 57% (73%) of variable costs. We also find that compliance with RoHS and REACH significantly increases the probability of export and that compliance with EU RoHS and REACH helps firms enter a greater variety of countries. Furthermore, firms participating in global value chains have higher compliance with RoHS and REACH regulations, regardless of whether the firm is directly exporting, when the firm operates in upstream or downstream industries of the countries' supply chain. |
Identificador |
IDE Discussion Paper. No. 526. 2015.4 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/1483 IDE Discussion Paper 526 |
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en eng |
Publicador |
Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所 |
Palavras-Chave | #Malaysia #Vietnam #International Trade #Productivity #Regulation #Costs #Trade #RoHS #REACH #Cost Function #Market Access #Supply Chain #678.1 #AH Southeast Asia 東南アジア #AHMY Malaysia マレーシア #AHVM Vietnam ベトナム #F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade #L15 - Information and Product Quality; #O53 - Asia including Middle East |
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Working Paper Technical Report |