Estimating the market effect of a food scare: The case of genetically modified StarLink corn

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 522-533

  Carter, Colin A ^a,b   Smith, Aaron ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Giannini Foundation

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EID: 34548618361     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.89.3.522     Document Type: Review

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