The food scandals and foodborne disease outbreaks in recent years have increased the demand for food safety and have led policy makers once more to tighten the safety regulations in the food supply chain. Obviously, an adequate balance between the costs of foodborne diseases and the costs and...

Mykotoxine [„Schimmelpilzgifte“] sind Stoffwechselprodukte bestimmter Pilze. Der Konsum Mykotoxin-belasteter Lebensmittel kann insbesondere für Risikogruppen unter den Verbrauchern ein Gesundheitsrisiko darstellen. Wichtige Mykotoxin-Bildner finden sich in der Pilzgattung Fusarium, als...

I develop a simple dynamic model of reputation-based transactions between a buyer in one country and a supplier in another. I use the model to study the impact of a more stringent regulation on the buyer optimal purchase volume within an existing buyer-seller partnership. A more stringent...

The purpose of this article is to analyse the connexion between rationality and emotion in shaping purchasing behaviour and the way in which some external stimuli such as expert advice or advertising influence them. These external stimuli may be used to manipulate consumerism and purchasing...