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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zurForderung der WissenschaftlichenForschung, Grant/Award Number:178880; Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Grant/Award Number:861932

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January 18, 2025
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Patterns of regulatory heterogeneity in international trade: Intensity, coverage, and structure

Publicated to:Review Of International Economics. 33 (1): 125-165 - 2025-02-01 33(1), DOI: 10.1111/roie.12736

Authors: Garces, Irene; Vogt, Achim

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Univ Bern, World Trade Inst, Bern, Switzerland - Author

Abstract

With falling tariffs the role of regulatory heterogeneity in international trade has become central in recent debates about regional integration and trade costs. In describing the NTM incidence few studies explicitly take into account the specific nature of underlying regulatory differences. We propose distinguishing regulatory heterogeneity with respect to the intensity, coverage, and structure of regulations, and present indicators reflecting each one of these dimensions. Enabled by detailed product-level regulatory data based on coded reviews of national legislation, we illustrate the different channels of regulatory heterogeneity on the country- and sector-level. The findings motivate a separate treatment of the different heterogeneity dimensions in the assessment of non-tariff measures in international trade.

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Non-tariff measuresRegulatory heterogeneityTrade policTrade policy

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Review Of International Economics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Geography, Planning and Development. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Economics.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-08-31:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 2

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-31:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 1 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Switzerland.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Garcés Iriarte, Irene) .