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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Country of Origin Labeling with Horizontal Differentiation and Cost Variability	
Autores: 	Saak,   Alexander E.	
Data: 	2010-05-02	
Ano: 	2010	
Palavras-chave: 	Country of origin labeling; Consumer learning; Food policy; Agricultural and Food Policy; Industrial Organization; International Relations/Trade.	
Resumo: 	This paper studies whether a seller achieves higher profits by providing consumers with information that allows them to distinguish between products from different countries, and how mandatory provision of such information impacts welfare.  We analyze a model of multi-product monopoly with horizontal differentiation and random country-specific input costs.  We find that if the variability in the input costs is sufficiently high and the share of consumers with high valuations is in some intermediate range, the seller prefers to withhold information about product origin.  Mandatory labeling of products with their country of origin may reduce or increase welfare depending on the share of consumers with high valuations.  We also discuss extensions of the basic model that allow for continuous distributions of valuations and input costs, and consumer learning.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://purl.umn.edu/61328	
Relação: 	Agricultural and Applied Economics Association&gt;2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado

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