ABSTRACT

Can Geographical Indications (GIs) promote local economic development in rural areas? This paper explores the impact of GIs that identify and endorse agri-food products which are strictly embedded within the territory from which they originate. Examining Italian wine protected by GIs through an innovative dataset and by means of propensity score matching and difference-in-differences models make it possible to compare the local economic development trajectories of rural municipalities afforded GIs with the correspondent dynamics of a counterfactual group of similar municipalities without GI status since 1951. Rural municipalities with GIs experience population growth and economic reorganization towards non-farming sectors, which frequently involve higher value-added activities.

摘要

地理标志 (GIs) 能否促进农村地区的地方经济发展？本文探讨了识别和认可严格嵌入其原产地的农产品的地理标志的影响。通过创新数据集和倾向得分匹配和差异模型检查受地理标志保护的意大利葡萄酒，可以将给予地理标志的农村城市的当地经济发展轨迹与类似城市的反事实组的对应动态进行比较自 1951 年以来没有地理标志身份。拥有地理标志的农村城市经历了人口增长和经济重组，转向非农业部门，这些部门经常涉及更高附加值的活动。