This article explores the combination of laboratory and field experiments in defining a welfare framework and the impact of different regulatory tools on consumer behaviors. First, an overview of strengths and weaknesses raised by the experimental literature show that, for food consumption, lab...

Une expérience a été menée en France et en Allemagne afin d'évaluer le consentement à payer des consommateurs pour les nanotechnologies alimentaires en se concentrant sur deux applications: un nano-enrichissement en vitamines et des nano-emballages. Les résultats montrent que de nombreux...

Ce texte s’intéresse aux choix réglementaires concernant l’exposition des consommateurs au méthyle-mercure et aux omégas 3. Des réactions liées à la révélation d’information et mesurées en laboratoire ont été intégrées dans un modèle calibré représentant la demande de...

A multiple price list is useful for eliciting a Willingness-to-Pay (WTP) and a possible Lower Limit (LL) under which the demand is zero. This multiple price list implies an aggregate demand determined by the number of participants whose WTP is greater than the market price and whose LL is below...

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) aims at estimating a monetary value for environmental or public health degradation. In a regulatory context, it should be seen as a complementary tool to risk assessment to aid public decision-making. CBA should therefore be particularly relevant in the governance of...

Risk management has become a central issue in sanitary crises. Agro food firms have devised organizational responses to sanitary risks, usually implying better traceability. European Regulation 178/2002 established mandatory traceability. This paper provides a critical appraisal of the European...

Together with expected implications on food safety, the European Regulation 178/2002 has important consequences shaping the agrifood sector. This regulation gives latitude to operators in front of specific food safety objectives and promotes self control. Private standards are a way of...

This paper argues that developing, signalling and monitoring quality in the agri-food industry has become a central issue that requires hybrid organisations and institutions. We examine the forces pushing the industry towards hybrid arrangements, and then extend our analysis to alternative...