Are Geographical Indications a Worthy Quality Signal? A Framework on Protected Designation of Origin with Endogenous Quality Choice

Marion Desquilbet, Daniel Hassan and Sylvette Monier-Dilhan ()

No 21466, 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The paper provides a theoretical framework to analyze the welfare effects of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) labelling and of quality choices inside and outside the label on different types of consumers and producers, depending on whether quality is intrinsically linked to the territory of production or not.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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