This paper uses firm-level data to examine the impact of chemical safety regulations imposed by importing countries such as RoHS and REACH on the production costs and export performance of firms in Malaysia and Vietnam. We find that in addition to the initial setup costs for compliance, EU RoHS and REACH implementation causes firms to incur additional variable production costs by requiring additional labor and capital expenditures of around 12% of the variable costs, respectively. We also find that compliance with RoHS and REACH significantly increases the probability of export. Furthermore, we find that compliance with EU RoHS and REACH helps firms to penetrate into a greater variety of countries. Also, we find that multinational enterprises and firms participating in global value chains generally exhibit better export performance and their costs rise less steeply.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
455
発行年
2014-03-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
519
JEL分類
JEL:F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade
JEL:L15 - Information and Product Quality;
JEL:O53 - Asia including Middle East
地域/国名
マレーシア
ベトナム
キーワード(LSH)
Malaysia
Vietnam
Environmental protection
International trade
Environmental policy
Industrial standards
Costs
Trade
RoHS
REACH cost function
Market access
Estimating the effect of chemical safety standards on firm performance in Malaysia and Vietnam
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