A political economy of regulatory failure in US packaged food markets

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-144

  Redmond, William H ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food marketing; Market failure; Marketing concept; Political economy; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049116685     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: 15526534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146708327631     Document Type: Article

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57. William H. Redmond is a professor in the College of Business at Indiana State University. He received a PhD from the University of Arizona in 1985.