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In developed countries governments aim to increase the market share of organic products. Assuming that organic farming creates a positive externality, we address the question of how this environmental benefit can be internalized best. Using the concept of heterogeneous producers and consumers we...
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There is a large empirical literature on policy measures targeted at children but surprisingly very little theoretical foundation to ground the debate on the optimality of the different instruments. In the present paper, we examine the merit of targeting children through two general policies,...
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important his health status.Aim of the work – to determine the most common violations of the confectionery labeling in the … Lithuanian market.Tasks: 1. To assemble and analize the legislation of the confectionery labeling; 2. To analize the VMVT … recorded data about the violations of the confectionery labeling; 3. To analize the examples of the violations of confectionery …
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Lietuva, būdama Europos Sąjungos narė, privalo užtikrinti vartotojų teisių apsaugą ir teisę vartoti bei gauti teisingą informaciją apie perkamus produktus. Bendradarbiaudama su Lietuvos vartotojų institutu, Vilniaus kooperacijos kolegija 2004–2005 m. atliko du žvalgybinius tyrimus...
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labeling community. Yet, little is known so far about the causal effects of LCC disclosure on consumer action because of the …
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We model firms' quality disclosure and pricing in the presence of cursed consumers, who fail to be sufficiently skeptical about undisclosed quality. We show that cursed consumers are exploited in duopoly markets if firms are vertically differentiated, if there are few cursed consumers, and if...
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-free", product labeling. The rules and regulations governing the "GM-free" product label in the European Union are discussed in …
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This paper studies the effect of a minimum quality standard, a compulsory labeling scheme, and the combination of both … minimum quality standard on the non-observable quality dimension and a labeling scheme that informs consumers about the non … combination of a minimum standard and a labeling scheme increases prices, reduces or enhances investment in the observable quality …
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genetically modified (GM) or conventional products. We consider the EU mandatory scheme for labeling GM products and a voluntary … non-GM scheme for labeling livestock products derived from non-GM feed. We develop a partial equilbrium model that … combination with mandatory and voluntary labeling increases prices and makes consumers overall worse off and producers better off …
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