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Public labeling revisited : the role of technological constraints under protected designation of origin regulation

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  • Benitez, D.
  • Bouamra-Mechemache, Z.
  • Chaaban, J.

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This paper takes into account technological and output constraints for firms to analyse Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) regulation. We first esamine an original dataset of french Brie cheese producers and compare the cost structure of PDO producteurs with non-PDO ones. The paper also finds that PDO firms face a more costly production technology and do not profit from scale economies. Then, based on a theoretical model, the paper shows a clear tradeoff between the suk advertising costs (net of certification costs) and the degree of diseconomies of scale. This tradeoff affects both the firms' incentive to certify, and the efficiency of public certification. ...French Abstract : Cet article prend en compte les contraintes technologiques et les contraintes des firmes afin d'analyser la régulation des Appellations d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). Les auteurs examinent en premier lieu une base de données concernant les producteurs de brie français et comparent la structure de production entre les producteurs ayant le label et ceux qui ne l'ont pas. Cet article montre également que des firmes utilisant le label AOC font face à une technologie de production plus coûteuse et qu'ils ne bénéficient pas des économies d'échelles. Dans un deuxième temps, l'article montre, en s'appuyant sur un modèle théorique, un compromis entre coûts fixes de publicité (net des coûts de certification) et le degré de déséconomie d'échelle. Ce compromis affecte à la fois les incitations des firmes à certifier leur produit et l'efficacité de la certification publique.

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  • Benitez, D. & Bouamra-Mechemache, Z. & Chaaban, J., 2005. "Public labeling revisited : the role of technological constraints under protected designation of origin regulation," Economics Working Paper Archive (Toulouse) 200521, French Institute for Agronomy Research (INRA), Economics Laboratory in Toulouse (ESR Toulouse).
  • Handle: RePEc:rea:inrawp:200521
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    2. Stephan Marette & Roxanne Clemens & Bruce Babcock, 2008. "Recent international and regulatory decisions about geographical indications," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(4), pages 453-472.

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    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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