Geographical Indication Regulation and Intra-Trade in the European Union
CREATE working paper serie 2014-1
29 Pages Posted: 1 Dec 2018
Date Written: December 1, 2013
Abstract
Protection of indications of geographical origin (GIs) can reduce information asymmetry between producers and consumers, and potentially enhance trade. However, GIs can also possibly divert trade. We rely on panel data about agri-food trade among the 27 countries of the European Union to investigate these issues using variations of estimators proposed by Head and Mayer (2000) and Santos Silva and Tenreyro (2006). Our findings suggest that the protection of GIs creates trade when the importing and exporting countries have GI-protected products. There is also empirical evidence regarding a trade-diverting effect when the importing country does not have GIs and a border enlargement effect arising from European GI-protection.
Keywords: Geographical Indications, European Union, Agri-Food Trade, Gravity Model
JEL Classification: F14, Q18
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