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Fair Trade Labeling: Inside or Outside Supermarkets?

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  • Poret Sylvaine

    (INRA-LORIA & Ecole Polytechnique)

  • Chambolle Claire

    (INRA-LORIA & Ecole Polytechnique)

Abstract

This article is a theoretical contribution to the debate surrounding the introduction of Fair Trade products into large-scale retail distribution. In the model, a Fair Trade certifier and a traditional producer compete to supply their product to a single retailer, consumers who are Fair Trade likers are willing to pay an "ethical" premium for the Fair Trade product, and the premium depends on the revenue of Fair Trade product producers. The conditions of existence of an equilibrium where the Fair Trade product coexists with the traditional brand product on the retailer's shelves are highlighted. In particular, we show that a Fair Trade certifier implements this equilibrium if his preferences are such that the weight devoted to the price paid to producers is smaller than the weight he grants to the quantities of Fair Trade product sold. We also show that a retailer's decision to sell the Fair Trade product is not based on the percentage of consumers who are willing to pay for it, but on how much the Fair Trade likers are willing to pay.

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  • Poret Sylvaine & Chambolle Claire, 2007. "Fair Trade Labeling: Inside or Outside Supermarkets?," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 1-24, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bjafio:v:5:y:2007:i:1:n:9
    DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1184
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    1. Claire Chambolle & Sylvaine Poret, 2009. "Fair Trade Contracts for Some, an Insurance for Others," Working Papers hal-00367500, HAL.
    2. Suphanit Piyapromdee & Russell Hillberry & Donald MacLaren, 2014. "‘Fair trade’ coffee and the mitigation of local oligopsony power," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 41(4), pages 537-559.
    3. Sylvaine Poret, 2017. "Label Battles: Competition among NGOs as Standard Setters," Working Papers hal-01512229, HAL.
    4. Claire Chambolle & Sylvaine Poret, 2013. "When fairtrade contracts for some are profitable for others," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 40(5), pages 835-871, December.
    5. Bougherara Douadia & Ropars-Collet Carole & Saint-Gilles Jude, 2022. "Impact of Private Labels and Information Campaigns on Organic and Fair Trade Food Demand," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 20(1), pages 39-59, May.
    6. Jari, Bridget & Snowball, Jeanette D. & Fraser, Gavin C.G., 2013. "Is Fairtrade in commercial farms justifiable? Its impact on commercial and small-scale producers in South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 52(4), August.
    7. Alexander Kadow, 2011. "The Fair Trade movement:an economic perspective," Working Papers 2011_05, Business School - Economics, University of Glasgow.
    8. Chambolle, Claire & Poret, Sylvaine, 2008. "Guaranteed Minimum Price Contracts for Some, an Insurance for Others?," 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium 44134, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    9. Leonardo Becchetti, 2012. "Voting with the wallet," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 59(3), pages 245-268, September.
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    11. Poret, Sylvaine, 2019. "Label wars: Competition among NGOs as sustainability standard setters," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 160(C), pages 1-18.

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