@techreport{Teuber2007Geographical,
abstract = {An increasing interest in geographical indications of origin (GIs) as a tool of product
differentiation can be observed in the so-called specialty coffee sector. Similar to the
approach for wine in France and Italy, more and more coffee-producing countries try to
establish appellations systems for coffee. Whereas some countries and regions such
as Colombia or Jamaica have already legally protected GIs for coffee, most coffee GIs
are still informal meaning that no legal protection has been obtained so far. But the
recent acceptation of the term Caf\'{e} de Colombia as a Protected Geographical
Indication (PGI) in the EU and the Ethiopian Trademark Initiative document the
increasing engagement of coffee-producing countries to achieve an appropriate legal
protection for their GIs. From an economic point of view, data from US online retail
stores indicate that single-origin coffees receive significant higher retail prices, with
100% Kona coffee from Hawaii and Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee being the most
expensive ones. Furthermore, results from a hedonic pricing model based on internet
auction data for single-origin coffees show that the country and the region of origin is
already an important determinant of prices paid by importers and roasters.},
author = {Ramona Teuber},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Geographical Indications of Origin; coffee; legal regulatory systems; price premium; hedonic pricing analysis},
language = {eng},
number = {33},
title = {Geographical Indications of Origin as a Tool of Product Differentiation : The Case of Coffee},
type = {Discussion Papers / Zentrum f\"{u}r internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21929},
year = {2007}
}
