Collective marketing arrangements for geographically differentiated agricultural products: Welfare impacts and policy implications

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 947-963

  Lence, Sergio H ^a   Marette, Stéphan ^a,b   Hayes, Dermot J ^a   Foster, William ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INRA ALISS   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; Collective promotion; Geographic indications; Quality; Supply control

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MARKETING; POLICY STRATEGY; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848866269     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01036.x     Document Type: Article

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