Explaining international differences in genetically modified food labeling policies

Review of International Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-408

  Gruère, Guillaume P ^a   Carter, Colin A ^b   Farzin, Y Hossein ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD POLICY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGULATORY APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 67651151615     PISSN: 09657576     EISSN: 14679396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2008.00788.x     Document Type: Article

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