Information asymmetry and traceability incentives for food safety

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 596-603

  Resende Filho, Moises A ^a   Hurley, Terrance M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral hazard; Penalties; Rewards; Supply chain management; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FOOD PROCESSORS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGH PRECISION; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; MORAL HAZARD; PENALTIES; REWARDS; SAFETY EFFORTS; TRACEABILITY;

FOOD SAFETY; INDUSTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84864741255     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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