Benavente, Daniela <br/><br/>
The Economics of Geographical Indications / 
Daniela Benavente. 
 - Genève :  Graduate Institute Publications,  2013. 
<br/><br/> Ebook 
<br/><br/>  This book seeks to contribute to an understanding of the role played by international trade law in shaping economic outcomes from a theoretical perspective. The focus is on geographical indications (GI), an intellectual property right defined in the TRIPs Agreement of the WTO. The premise is that a GI can be conceptualized as a ‘club asset’: firms that produce GI-labelled goods both add value and derive benefits from the GI. The book starts by presenting a dynamic model of GI reputation under the assumption that quality is endogenous. This is followed by a static partial equilibrium model of club optimality conditions under the assumption that quality is exogenous (defined by a standard). The author concludes by presenting a model of the welfare effects of the so called “claw-back” of GIs, when a country starts protecting a foreign GI previously considered generic. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-2-940503-21-6 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4000/books.iheid.525  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business, Finance<br/>International Relations<br/>commerce international<br/>OMC - Organisation mondiale du commerce<br/>Geographical Indications<br/>international trade<br/>World Trade Organization (WTO)<br/>trade regionalism and integration