Karine Latouche

Phone : +33 (0)2 40 67 50 51
karine.latouche@inrae.fr

Coordinator of the H2020 BATModel project : see also

Research topics 

• Agri-food firm strategies and export performances
• Voluntary quality certifications and international trade
• Trade intermediaries

Selected recent publications 

• Emlinger C., Latouche K. (2026).
  Protection of Geographical Indications in Trade Agreements: Is it worth it?
  Review of world economics, forthcoming.
   
• Emlinger C., Latouche K. (2026).
  When quality management helps agri-food firms to export.
  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
   
• Traore O., Tamini L., Latouche K. (2026).
  Border rejections and African agricultural exports: Insights from RASFF data and robust gravity model estimation.
  Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 1–31.
   
• Emlinger C., Latouche K. (2026).
  Indications géographiques et commerce international.
  Normes et commerce international, Regards croisés, page 151. Michel Dupuy, éditeur, Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux.
   
• Emlinger C., Latouche K. (2026).
  Normes et signes de qualité dans les échanges internationaux de produits agricoles et agroalimentaires.
  Politiques agricoles. Théories, histoires, réformes, expériences, volume 2, Rencontres, 767–788. Classiques Garnier, 2025.
   
• Agbekponou K.M., Cheptea A., Latouche K. (2025).
  Retailer Suppliers and Global Value Chains in the Agri-Food Sector.
  Review of International Economics, 33: 3, 657–678.
   
• Chemo Dzukou K.R., Duvaleix S., Latouche K. (2025).
  Product innovation and export strategy.
  Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 34: 1, 193–221.
   
• Duvaleix S., Emlinger C., Gaigné C., Latouche K. (2021).
  Geographical indications and trade: Firm-level evidence from the French cheese industry.
  Food Policy, 102.
   
• Gaigné C., Latouche K., Turolla S. (2020).
  Compétitivité internationale du secteur agroalimentaire français. C’est quoi le problème?
  Annales des Mines (1947), réalités industrielles (Mai), 21-29.
   
• Cheptea A., Emlinger C., Latouche K. (2019).
  Exporting firms and retail internationalization: Evidence from France.
  Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 28: 3, 561-582.
   
• Gaigné C., Turolla S., Latouche K. (2018).
  Vertical ownership and export performance: firm-level evidence from the food industry.
  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 100: 1, 46-72.
   

Work in progress

• Quality, liability and intermediaries:  evidence from the French imports industry of fresh produce, avec Elodie Rouvière.
• Product innovation and export strategy: An application to French dairy firms avec Kevin Randy Chemo Dzukou et Sabine Duvaleix-Tréguer.
• Direct Effect of Reputation for a Fruit and Vegetable Product on African Exports to RASFF network countries avec Ousmane Z Traore et Lota Tamini.
• Assessment of the role of BPI France aid on the performance of agri-food export companies with Carl Gaigné and Cécile le Roy.