In the market but not of it?: Fair trade coffee and forest stewardship council certification as market-based market reform
Abstract
This paper looks at two prominent, highly successful initiatives, Fair Trade coffee and FSC certification and labeling, and proposes a preliminary framework for assessing the use of market-based instruments to ameliorate the market's own negative social and environmental impacts.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
COVID-19 FAQ for Farmers Markets: Steps for Markets and Market Managers
(Virginia Cooperative Extension, 2020)COVID 19 and farmers markets. Steps for managers -
The Role of Information in Agricultural Marketing Decisions: Using Virginia's Soft Red Winter Wheat, Grain Sorghum and Barley, and Cotton Markets to Illustrate Three Different Aspects
(Virginia Tech, 1997-01-27)Participants in the agricultural marketing system include commodity producers, grain elevators, feed processors, flour millers, bakers, exporters, and retail outlets. Every firm in the marketing system is concerned with ... -
Is Value-at-Risk (VaR) a Fair Proxy for Market Risk Under Conditions of Market Leverage?
(Virginia Tech, 2000-12-14)Ex-post intraday market-risk extrema are compared with ex-ante standard RiskMetrics parametric Value-at-Risk (VaR) limits for three foreign currency futures markets (British Pound, Japanese Yen, Swiss Frank) to determine ...
