ISO Standards: A Certificate to Expand Exports? Firm‐Level Evidence from Argentina |
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| Authors: | Christian Volpe Martincus Sebastián Castresana Tomás Castagnino |
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| Institution: | 1. Inter‐American Development Bank, USA;2. Center for International Economics (CEI), Argentina;3. Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) and University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina;4. We would like to thank two anonymous referees, Daniel Berretoni, and Néstor Stancanelli for valuable comments and suggestions. We also wish to thank Jerónimo Carballo and Ramiro Pascual for their excellent research assistance and Mariana Sobral de Elia for helpful editing assistance. No individual firm data are shown in this paper;5. in this way, the statistical secrecy is observed (Law 17.622). The views and interpretation in this document are strictly those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Inter‐American Development Bank (IDB), its executive directors, its member countries, the Center for International Economics (CEI), or the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Other usual disclaimers also apply. |
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| Abstract: | Does standard adoption help firms in developing countries overcome information barriers and thereby perform better in international markets? What are the channels through which certification affects firms' exports, the intensive margin, or the extensive margin? We provide evidence on the impact of certification on export performance using a unique firm‐level dataset for Argentina over the period 1998–2006. We find that ISO certification is associated with increased exports, along the extensive margin—primarily in terms of destination countries—and the intensive margin. |
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