TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - The paper investigates determinants of quality upgrading in the European Union agri-food exports using panel data models in the 2000-2011 period. Employing highly disaggregated data we show that export unit value is positively associated with level of economic development and the size of population. Our results indicate negative impacts of comparative advantages and trade costs on export quality upgrading. Estimations confirm the important role of income distribution in quality specialization. The income inequality increases specialization in high quality varieties for rich countries. Results are robust to alternative subsamples including vertical specialized and final agri-food products.
AU  - Ferto, Imre
AU  - Bojnec, Stefan
DA  - 2015-04
DA  - 2015-04
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.204225
DO  - doi
ID  - 204225
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - International Relations/Trade
KW  - export quality
KW  - income inequality
KW  - vertical comparative advantage
KW  - agri-food exports
KW  - European Union
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225/files/Imre_Ferto_AES_2015_Ferto.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225/files/Imre_Ferto_AES_2015_Ferto.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225/files/Imre_Ferto_AES_2015_Ferto.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225/files/Imre_Ferto_AES_2015_Ferto.pdf
N2  - The paper investigates determinants of quality upgrading in the European Union agri-food exports using panel data models in the 2000-2011 period. Employing highly disaggregated data we show that export unit value is positively associated with level of economic development and the size of population. Our results indicate negative impacts of comparative advantages and trade costs on export quality upgrading. Estimations confirm the important role of income distribution in quality specialization. The income inequality increases specialization in high quality varieties for rich countries. Results are robust to alternative subsamples including vertical specialized and final agri-food products.
PY  - 2015-04
PY  - 2015-04
T1  - Quality upgrading in the European-Union agri-food exports
TI  - Quality upgrading in the European-Union agri-food exports
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/204225/files/Imre_Ferto_AES_2015_Ferto.pdf
Y1  - 2015-04
ER  -