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dc.contributor.authorGIOVANNETTI, Giorgia
dc.contributor.authorMARVASI, Enrico
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-01T14:53:47Z
dc.date.available2019-03-01T14:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationFood policy, 2016, Vol. 59, pp. 110-125
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192
dc.identifier.issn1873-5657en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/61509
dc.description.abstractThis paper offers a firm level perspective of global value chain participation in the food industry. We single out some stylized facts on food global value chains and the Italian food industry. Exploiting a very rich and original dataset, based on a 2011 survey of 25,090 Italian firms operating in manufacturing and related services, we characterize the food industry, describing its main strengths and weaknesses, and analyze the links between the probability to export and the value chain participation. Our results show that participating in a value chain significantly increases the probability to export. This is particularly true for small firms in the industrial food value chain and for firms positioned downstream. Participating in distribution chains, for instance being able to sell products through large supermarkets, also significantly contributes to internationalization. These results can have important implications in terms of trade policy: tariffs and other protection measures are cumulative when intermediate inputs are traded across borders multiple times. Hence, protection can end up in a significantly higher cost of finished goods. When discussing trade policy therefore, it is crucial to "think value chain". (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
dc.description.sponsorshipFinancial support from the Regione Sardegna for the project CIREM "Analysis of competitiveness of Sardinia's production system" is gratefully acknowledged.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevieren
dc.relation.ispartofFood policy
dc.subjectGlobal value chain
dc.subjectHeterogeneous firms
dc.subjectExport
dc.subjectInternationalization
dc.subjectFood
dc.subjectTrade policy
dc.subjectInternational-Tradeen
dc.subjectFirmsen
dc.subjectIndustryen
dc.subjectQualityen
dc.subjectProductivityen
dc.subjectHeterogeneityen
dc.subjectPerformanceen
dc.subjectIntegrationen
dc.subjectStandardsen
dc.subjectSectoren
dc.titleFood exporters in global value chains : evidence from Italy
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.10.001
dc.identifier.volume59
dc.identifier.startpage110
dc.identifier.endpage125
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