Are geographical indications a worthy quality label? A framework with endogenous quality choice

Les indications géographiques, un label de qualité estimable ? Un cadre d'analyse avec choix de qualité endogène

Marion Desquilbet () and Sylvette Monier Dilhan
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Marion Desquilbet: GREMAQ - Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Sylvette Monier Dilhan: US ODR - Observatoire des Programmes Communautaires de Développement Rural - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
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Abstract: We analyse the effects of geographical indication labelling on quality choices and welfare in a vertical differentiation framework with two attributes of goods, gustatory quality and geographical origin. We investigate two extreme cases of the protected designation of origin (PDO) label: a denomination standard, which guarantees only the origin of the product without any requirement on production specifications, and a minimum quality requirement, which guarantees both the origin and the quality of the product. We find that as long the PDO good is the high-quality good, binding production specifications on the quality level adversely affect the PDO producer(s).

Keywords: geographical indication; quality label; endogenous quality choice; product differentiation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Published in European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2015, 42 (1), pp.129-150. ⟨10.1093/erae/jbu008⟩

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Journal Article: Are geographical indications a worthy quality label? A framework with endogenous quality choice (2015)
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DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbu008

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