Global food markets and standards -- The importance of food standards in international trade law -- Food standard-setting organisations -- Food quality standards as technical barriers to trade -- Food labeling standards and trademark law -- Food safety standards as sanitary and phytosanitary...

Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the right to knowʺ and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue against this line of reasoning. Using experimental auctions conducted with a sample of the...