Mad cows and BT potatoes: Global public goods in the food system

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1159-1166

  Unnevehr, Laurian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SAFETY; GLOBAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC GOODS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 10944238688     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00661.x     Document Type: Review

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