| dc.creator |
Althammer, Wilhelm |
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| dc.creator |
Dröge, Susanne |
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| dc.date |
2006 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2013-10-16T07:00:20Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2013-10-16T07:00:20Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
2013-10-16 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18497 |
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| dc.identifier |
ppn:514843314 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18497 |
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| dc.description |
We investigate in a horizontal product differentiation model with North-South trade the implications of a home bias in consumers' demand for labelled goods. We compare mutual recognition and international harmonisation of ecological labels with respect to firms' profits and welfare. Northern consumers perceive a warm glow from buying green, but have information problems with imported labelled products. Firms differ in labelling costs which could help a Southern firm to compensate for the home bias under mutual recognition. Under harmonisation the home bias disappears. Welfare analysis of harmonised labelling shows that a Southern firm gains from adopting a harmonised label { even if there is "eco-imperialism". Given the specific trade structure in our model, harmonisation is a beneficial regime except for the case that labelling costs reach a specific treshold. |
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| dc.language |
eng |
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| dc.publisher |
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin |
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| dc.relation |
DIW-Diskussionspapiere 604 |
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| dc.rights |
http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen |
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| dc.subject |
L13 |
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| dc.subject |
Q56 |
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| dc.subject |
F13 |
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| dc.subject |
F18 |
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| dc.subject |
ddc:330 |
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| dc.subject |
Ecological Labels |
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| dc.subject |
Product Differentiation |
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| dc.subject |
North-South Trade |
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| dc.subject |
WTO Rules |
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| dc.title |
Ecological Labelling in North-South Trade |
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| dc.type |
doc-type:workingPaper |
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