Designing Food Safety Regulations: The Effect of Inspection Policy and Penalties for Noncompliance on Food Processor Behavior

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 616-635

  Starbird, S Andrew ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Inspection; Quality control; Quality costs; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034368788     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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