An economic analysis of the the international coffee trade. The paper compares two regulatory regimes, the International Coffee Organization and the Fairtrade Labelling organization. The ICO is an intergovernmental group that has historically regulated the international coffee trade between...

Fair trade coffee is a cup half full, according to Raluca Dragusanu, Daniele Giovannucci, and Nathan Nunn in “The Economics of Fair Trade” (Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2014, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 217–36). We are not persuaded

Unterschiedliche Fairtrade-Organisationen werben damit, die Lebensbedingungen der Kleinbauernfamilien in den Anbauländern zu verbessern. Diese Publikation untersucht, ob die Teilnahme am Fairtrade-System Kleinbauern, unabhängig von den Entwicklungen ihres Umfeldes, gegenüber selbstständigen...

Large chocolate manufacturers have committed themselves to only using certifiedcocoa beans and some governments want to increase the share of certified cocoaproducts consumed in their countries. Thus, Voluntary Sustainability Standards(VSSs) become quasi-mandatory for cocoa producers and...