GM crop technology and trade restraints: Economic implications for Australia and New Zealand

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-281

  Andersen, Kym ^a,b   Jackson, Lee Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Computable general equilibrium; Genetically modified organisms; Regulation; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; TRADE POLICY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 29144536201     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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