This paper summarizes and evaluates recent research on food product quality and
differentiation, both key dimensions of modern food markets. We emphasize the implications …

Quality considerations are increasingly important drivers of production and coordination
choices for players in the agrofood chain. Incentive contracts between farmers and …

Modern consumers increasingly demand that their food satisfies multiple 'quality'dimensions
including those pertaining to its location, sustainability and humane treatment of livestock …

Using a new detailed dataset on country‐product information on European Union (EU)
Geographical Indications (GIs), we study the impact of this food quality policy on trade …

Understanding the relationship between the diffusion of geographical indications (GIs) and
innovation in the agri-food sector represents a relevant research area not yet properly …

This study investigates the choice of quality by producer organisations (POs) in charge of
defining product specifications for geographical indications. The model assumes that the PO …

Geographical indication (GI) represents the specific good quality and reputation of the
regional characteristics of agricultural products, which is a positive approach for stabilising …

We discuss the economics of geographical indications (GIs), a form of collective branding of
products based on their geographic origin. GIs serve as essential tools in addressing market …

This article investigates the collective choice of production standards by farmer and
processor groups within a vertical food supply chain, taking into account their competition …

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 …