Minimum safety standard, consumers' information and competition

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-285

  Marette, Stéphan ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Information; Market structure; Safety; Standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148845493     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9036-x     Document Type: Article

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