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Do food scares explain supplier concentration? An analysis of EU agri-food imports

Jaud, Mélise ; Cadot, Olivier ; Suwa-Eisenmann, Akiko

In: European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2013, vol. 40, no. 5, p. 873-890

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    Titre
    • Do food scares explain supplier concentration? An analysis of EU agri-food imports
    Auteur
    • Jaud, Mélise. World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
    • Cadot, Olivier. University of Lausanne, CEPR, CEPREMAP and FERDI, Switzerland
    • Suwa-Eisenmann, Akiko. Paris School of Economics-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • European Review of Agricultural Economics, 2013, vol. 40, no. 5, p. 873-890. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:304805
    Summary
    We investigate how rising sanitary risk of agri-food products affects the geographical concentration of European Union (EU) imports at the product level. We first estimate a product-specific measure of sanitary risk based on the count of food alerts at EU borders. Then we regress the evolution of geographical concentration indices on our measure of product risk and year. We find that product sanitary risk indeed affected the EU import pattern. Overall, the EU diversified its import sources, but with diversification at the extensive margin and concentration at the intensive margin. This pattern is stronger for risky products, leading to a two-tier system