A voyage in the role of territory: are territories capable of instilling their peculiarities in local production systems

Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro

No 251, Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' from Department of Economics - University Roma Tre

Abstract: Are territories capable of instilling their peculiarities on local production systems? Which are the territorial determinants that support this linkage? We answer to these questions theoretically and empirically. Firstly, this paper presents a conceptual voyage in the notion of territory by tapping into two different research branches: regional and agricultural economics. Thereafter, the integrated framework developed through the literature review is used to investigate the relevance of territory from an empirical point of view. We do that looking at Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) as proxies of local productions due to their intrinsic and official relation with their region-of-origin. The analysis focuses on Italy, is conducted at municipality level and exploits logit dynamic panel models. Findings confirm that embedded productions reflect the combination of socio-economic, historical, institutional, natural and cultural features. In some cases, an ex-ante level of development is a relevant precondition for establishing successful agri-food systems.

Keywords: Integrated approach; local development; Geographical Indications; agri-food systems; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 O13 O20 P25 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2020-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-geo and nep-his
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