This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...

Standards are replacing tariffs as the main trade barriers facing African agro-food exports. This book examines the challenges and opportunities that new public and private standards present to African countries - focusing on food safety, environmental and climate change, and social and labour...

This book offers a detailed analysis and a set of carefully measured suggestions towards achieving greater integration of science, precaution, and public involvement in current arrangements for European food safety governance. The devised governance framework provides a distinctive system of...

Causality for Risk Analysts: Improving Our Understanding of How the World Works -- Improving Individual Risk Management Decisions: Learning from Experience and Coping with Model Uncertainty -- Improving Community Risk Management: Managing Disaster Risks -- Improving Organizational Risk...

Part I. The Food and Agricultural Marketing System Overview -- 1. Evolution of Agricultural and Food Markets, Policies and Programs-Walter J. Armbruster, President Emeritus, Farm Foundation; and Ronald D. Knutson, Regents Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University -- 2. Expectations and Realities...

The Bread VC: Its Health Impact and Structure in France and the U.S. -- Government Regulation of Food Quality: International and in France and the U.S. -- Industry Regulation of Quality in Bread, Flour and Wheat in France and the U.S. -- Discussion of Literature Review and Preliminary Data...

Transparenzrating Die Finanzberichterstattung steht bei Aktiengesellschaften und Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung vor neuen Herausforderungen. An Aktualität, Transparenz und Qualität werden immer anspruchsvollere Maßstäbe angelegt. Die gleichzeitige Erfüllung dieser Anforderungen...

The book shows the fundaments of the shadow banking system and its entities, operations and risks. Focusing on the regulatory aspects, it provides an original view that is able to demonstrate that the lack of supervision is a market failure

Unternehmen und Risiko -- Kapitalmarkt und Transparenz -- Transparenz der Informationsversorgung -- Transparenz der Risikoberichterstattung -- Umsetzung der Risikotransparenz -- Schlussfolgerungen und Ausblick.

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