his paper investigates the collective choice of production standards by farmer and pro- cessor groups within a vertical food supply chain, taking into account their competition behaviors. In a context in which raising standards cannot translate into a direct price premium to consumers, we...

The EU dairy sector is facing a period of significant changes that are due to three major decisions: the EU enlargement, the Luxembourg reform and on-going WTO negotiations. In this paper, we explore the impact of alternative dairy policies in the context of a WTO agreement and further dairy...

The paper assesses how the value added created by the existence of an organic label in a vertical chain is shared among manufacturers and retailers in the French uid milk market. Using a struc- tural econometric model of consumer substitution patterns and of vertical relationships, we show that...

European Union regulation on quality food products (protected designations of origin (PDO) labelling) is expected to sustain competitiveness within the agricultural sector. This paper examines the impact of this policy on the survival of cheese firms over the period 1990–2006 in France. We...