Geographical Indications: a first assessment of the impact on rural development in Italian NUTS3 regions

Lorenzo Cei, Gianluca Stefani, Edi Defrancesco and Ginevra Virginia Lombardi
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Ginevra Virginia Lombardi: Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Working Papers - Economics from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa

Abstract: Geographical indications (GIs) are a 25 years old European policy instrument which have, among its objectives, to foster rural development. In this respect, very few studies quantitatively investigate to what extent this policy is effective. Literature is in fact mainly focused on specific GIs, studied through case studies, trying to identify which factors are responsible for the success or failure of specific initiatives. The aim of the present study is instead to quantify the impact of such policy instrument on a single indicator of rural development: agricultural value added. In order to assess the impact we firstly built an index measuring the number of GI schemes implemented at NUTS3 level in the Italian regions. Then, following a difference-in-difference evaluation strategy and relying on an explicit theoretical model, a fixed effect estimator was implemented. The choice of the model, as well as the variables to be considered, is specified using a directed acyclic graph. Results show that an overall positive effect of GI protection on agricultural value added could be identified in Italy, thus providing evidence of a positive impact of the European policy on rural development.

Keywords: geographical indication; impact evaluation; rural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2017
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