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The Impact of Non-tariff Barriers on Trade: The Gravity Model on Turkish Agri-Food Products
Asci, Serhat; Koc, A. Ali; Erdem, M. Sukru - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
The competition between the U.S. and the E.U. agricultural subsidies during 1980s decreased the world prices in agricultural and food markets but caused an extensive distortion in the international trade of agricultural and food products. Under these circumstances, World Trade Organization (WTO)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880971
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The Impact of Food Safety Third-Party Certifications on China’s Food Exports to the United States
Zheng, Yuqing; Muth, Mary; Brophy, Jenna - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
In this paper, we empirically examine the relationship between food safety TPC on a country’s food exports to the United States using data for 2010. We developed a modified gravity model to account for the role TPC plays in facilitating international food trade. we found that a 10% increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010916334
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Aflatoxin Redux: Does European Aflatoxin Regulation Hurt Groundnut Exporters from Africa?
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/02/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020271
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Welfare Effects of Mandatory Traceability When Firms are Heterogeneous
Pouliot, Sebastien - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
. The model shows that mandatory traceability can decrease the overall safety of food when small firms that supply the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020692
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Food Authenticity, Technology and Consumer Acceptance
Hobbs, Jill E.; McDonald, Jillian; Zhang, Jing - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Traceability and authenticity issues have gained increasing prominence in food markets and create both opportunities … emerging technology with the potential to deliver traceability and authenticity assurances. A key question for the food … industry in adopting new technologies is consumer acceptance. This paper explores consumer attitudes toward traceability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881053
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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FOOD SAFETY CONTROL MECHANISMS: INTERDEPENDENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS
Mojduszka, Eliza M. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2004
mechanisms, including direct regulation by process and performance safety standards, traceability requirements, product liability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005806743
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The Economics of Traceability for Multi-Ingredient Products: A Network Approach
Souza Monteiro, Diogo M.; Caswell, Julie A. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
. Traceability is now extensively used to reduce information imperfections in food markets and recent EU law suggests it will be … traceability levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005477052
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Aflatoxin Contamination of Maize in Kenya: Observability and Mitigation Behavior
Hoffmann, Vivian; Mutiga, Samuel; Harvey, Jagger; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
Using a unique dataset of maize samples and consumer interviews form Eastern Kenya, we find that the presence of the fungal contaminant aflatoxin is negatively associated with the use of maize flour for food. While food remains the most common use of maize regardless of the presence of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880861
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IMPACT OF FOOD CONTAMINATION ON BRANDS: A DEMAND SYSTEMS ESTIMATION OF PEANUT BUTTER
Bakhtavoryan, Rafael; Capps Jr., Oral; Salin, Victoria - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
A 2007 foodborne illness incident involving peanut butter is linked with structural change in consumer demand. Compensated and uncompensated own- and cross-price elasticities and expenditure elasticities were calculated for leading brands before and after the product recall using the Barten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010881145
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Consumer confidence in Food Safety and the 2010 egg recall
Pouliot, Sebastien - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2012
Iowa egg producers recalled nearly 500 million eggs in August 2010. The typical effect of a recall is to cause a decline in the demand for the affected product, yielding a decrease in the price. In the case of August 2010 egg recall, the price of eggs increased in the following weeks. This essay...
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