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The size of terroir: a theoretical note on economics and politics of geographical indications KU Leuven
Geographical indications (GI) certify the geographical origins of a product and delineate the specific area in which the certified product must be produced. Despite a large literature on the economics of GIs, few papers have explored the question of the optimal size of GI regions. This note presents a flexible conceptual framework to explore the economics and politics of the delimitation of a GI. The general framework describes the efficiency ...
Economic valuation of landscapes: combining landscape ecology and environmental economics methodologies. Universiteit Gent
The economics of planting rights in wine production KU Leuven
©Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2014. The European Union (EU) is the world’s largest wine producer, as well as the world’s most regulated wine market. In 2007, the EU decided on a major reform of its wine policy. A crucial element was the abolishment of a system of planting rights to limit the planting of vineyards. However, after intense lobbying by opponents of the liberalization, this ...
The economics of planting rights in wine production KU Leuven
©Oxford University Press and Foundation for the European Review of Agricultural Economics 2014. The European Union (EU) is the world’s largest wine producer, as well as the world’s most regulated wine market. In 2007, the EU decided on a major reform of its wine policy. A crucial element was the abolishment of a system of planting rights to limit the planting of vineyards. However, after intense lobbying by opponents of the liberalization, this ...
Economics and politics of food standards, trade, and development KU Leuven
Standards have played an important role in food trade for a very long time. Their rapid growth in recent years has triggered vigorous debates on their impacts on international trade and development, with many arguing that standards are “non-tariff barriers” to trade and that standards are marginalizing the poor. I present conceptual frameworks and review empirical evidence on the equity and efficiency effects and the political economy of ...
The economics of planting rights in wine production KU Leuven
The European Union (EU) is the world's largest wine producer, as well as the world's most regulated wine market. In 2007, the EU decided on a major reform of its wine policy. A crucial element was the abolishment of a system of planting rights to limit the planting of vineyards. However, after intense lobbying by opponents of the liberalisation, this decision was reversed in 2013. Despite the importance of planting rights in European (and hence ...
The economics of planting rights in wine production KU Leuven
The European Union (EU) is the world's largest wine producer, as well as the world's most regulated wine market. In 2007, the EU decided on a major reform of its wine policy. A crucial element was the abolishment of a system of planting rights to limit the planting of vineyards. However, after intense lobbying by opponents of the liberalisation, this decision was reversed in 2013. Despite the importance of planting rights in European (and hence ...
Raising offtake from cattle grazed on natural rangelands in sub-Saharan Africa: a transaction cost economics approach Universiteit Gent
Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are constrained by large transaction costs associated with marketing of their livestock. However, transaction costs are often not taken into account in the analysis of factors hampering the development of livestock marketing in this region. This article empirically measures the influence of transaction costs on the offtake from cattle grazed on natural rangelands in Uganda. The study is based on the monitoring of ...