This study investigates the factors affecting the inter-organizational relationships and governance of firms in agri-food supply chains and assesses the influence that the current conditions of vertical coordination have on the economic performance of these firms. Research hypotheses describing...

Previous studies on the value of terroir, or more generally geographical indications (GI), used hedonic techniques. We use historical data and exploit temporal and geographical variations in the introduction of wine GIs in early twentieth century France to study the impact on the price of...

The essays of this book are contributions to the empirical Literature in International Trade and Public Economics. They deal with the relationship between the structure and quality of the public sector and the process of economic integration. Two of the essays add to the empirical determinants...

Geographical indication in agri-food and its role in the neoliberal global era : a theoretical analysis / Alessandro Bonanno -- Geographical indications out of context and in vogue : the awkward embrace of European heritage agricultural protections in Asia / Hart N. Feuer -- The impact of...

This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal as a natural experiment to provide causal evidence that group reputation externalities matter for firms. Our estimates show statistically and economically significant declines in the U.S. sales and stock returns of, as well as public...

The debate on generic medicines is not new. What makes it different today is that attacks levelled against biological products are couched in ever more "technical" and abstruse language that confuses even the World Health Organization (WHO). Innovative biological drugs, which have been...

This paper uses the 2015 Volkswagen emissions scandal as a natural experiment to provide causal evidence that group reputation externalities matter for firms. Our estimates show statistically and economically significant declines in the U.S. sales and stock returns of, as well as public...

This dissertation examines the perception of and the attitude towards Bavarian food products in a national and international context. At the international level, the influence of normative and socio-demographic factors on the complexity of consumers’ cognitive structures is examined. At the...

Peut-on monter une mayonnaise suisse avec des œufs importés? Aromatiser aux framboises étrangères un yogourt de la région? Faire mousser la croix blanche sur une bière dont le seul ingrédient helvétique serait l'eau? Au cours des dix dernières années, ce qu'est le "manger suisse" est...