Quality certification by geographical indications, trademarks and firm reputation

European Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 539-566

  Menapace, Luisa ^a   Moschini, Giancarlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetric information; certification; geographical indications; quality; reputation; trademarks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864687961     PISSN: 01651587     EISSN: 14643618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/erae/jbr053     Document Type: Review

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