Common Labels and Market Mechanisms

dc.creatorBoizot-Szantai, Christine
dc.creatorLecocq, Sebastien
dc.creatorMarette, Stephan
dc.date2017-04-01T18:31:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:24:51Z
dc.descriptionIn this article, the impact of common labels is investigated with both theoretical and empirical approaches. Recent statistics regarding the egg market in France suggest that retailer brands largely adopt common labels. A simple theoretical framework enables us to determine the conditions under which producers and/or retailers with different product qualities decide to post a common label on their products. In particular, a situation of multiple equilibria (one where the label is used by the high-quality seller only and one where it is used by the low-quality seller only) is exhibited when the cost of the label is relatively large. The demand is then estimated for different segments of the French egg market, including producer/retailer brands with/without common labels. The estimates are used to derive expenditure and price elasticities and allow us to calculate welfare measures revealing a relatively large willingness-to-pay for labels.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.18588
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/18588/files/wp050405.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/18588
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/532119
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/18588
dc.titleCommon Labels and Market Mechanisms
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