Credence good labeling: The efficiency and distributional implications of several policy approaches

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1020-1033

  Roe, Brian ^a   Sheldon, Ian ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credence goods; Labeling; Vertical product differentiation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GOODS EXCHANGE; POLICY STRATEGY;

EID: 34848833522     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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