No Terroir in the Cold? A Note on the Geography of Geographical Indications
研究了欧盟地理标志集中在南部成员国的现象，探讨了可能解释这种地理集中的因素，对关注农业政策与贸易谈判的学者有参考价值。
Abstract Geographical Indications ( GI s) are increasingly important instruments of agricultural and food regulations and are growing as contentious issues in trade negotiations and disputes. GI s can improve welfare but they can also be a protectionist instrument. The EU has the most GI s in the world, but they are concentrated in the south of the EU . Even excluding wine, there are seven times more food GI s per capita in the southern EU Member States than in other EU Member States. This note discusses several factors which may explain the geographic concentration of GI s in the south of the EU .