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@article{citeulike:3380257, abstract = {This paper investigates to what extent fair trade programmes, are indeed 'fair.' This is accomplished by comparing fair trade with free trade and protectionist trade regimes on their compliance of the criteria set by the fair trade movement itself. This comparison is made using comparative cost based models and economies of scale models. It is found that whether or not fair trade is superior to free trade or protectionism is highly dependent on a number of characteristics of the products to which fair trade is applied as well as on the context within which international trade takes place.}, author = {Maseland, Robbert and de Vaal, Albert}, citeulike-article-id = {3380257}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016161727537}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1023/A:1016161727537}, journal = {De Economist}, keywords = {certification, fair, trade}, number = {3}, pages = {251--272}, posted-at = {2008-10-06 16:19:16}, priority = {2}, title = {How Fair is Fair Trade?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016161727537}, volume = {150}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3380257 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3380257 N2 - This paper investigates to what extent fair trade programmes, are indeed ‘fair.’ This is accomplished by comparing fair trade with free trade and protectionist trade regimes on their compliance of the criteria set by the fair trade movement itself. This comparison is made using comparative cost based models and economies of scale models. It is found that whether or not fair trade is superior to free trade or protectionism is highly dependent on a number of characteristics of the products to which fair trade is applied as well as on the context within which international trade takes place. IS - 3 JF - De Economist EP - 272 TI - How Fair is Fair Trade? VL - 150 SP - 251 KW - certification KW - fair KW - trade AU - Maseland, Robbert AU - de Vaal, Albert PY - 2002//01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1016161727537 ER -