Interval Estimation of the Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Case of Japan’s Phytosanitary Measures against Fire Blight in Imported Apples

Tomoaki Nakatani; Ayumi Miyata; Daisuke Sawauchi; Takahiro Sajiki; Yasutaka Yamamoto

doi:10.7310/arfe.46.100

Journal of Rural Problems

Online ISSN : 2185-9973
Print ISSN : 0388-8525
ISSN-L : 0388-8525

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Interval Estimation of the Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade in the Case of Japan’s Phytosanitary Measures against Fire Blight in Imported Apples

Tomoaki Nakatani, Ayumi Miyata, Daisuke Sawauchi, Takahiro Sajiki, Yasutaka Yamamoto

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2010 Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages 100-103

DOI https://doi.org/10.7310/arfe.46.100

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We examine the tariff equivalent estimates of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) in the case of Japan’s phytosanitary measures against fire blight in connection with apple imports. We construct a confidence interval for the tariff equivalent estimates of the TBTs using the Yue, Beghin, and Jensen (2006) model. The results show that the tariff equivalent estimates of TBTs are not statistically different from zero.

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