Jin, Ginger Zhe; Lu, Zhentong; Zhou, Xiaolu; Li, Chunxiao - 2022
Using proprietary data from Alibaba, we examine how the 2015 Food Safety Law (FSL) affects e-commerce in China. The FSL … requires most food sellers on e-commerce platforms to obtain a valid, online license for retail food handling. Because the FSL …, those that had a better online reputation and more online food sales before FSL tend to display their FSL license earlier on …