An institutional approach to the examination of food safety

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 21-46

  Ng, Desmond ^a   Salin, Victoria ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; Institutions; Separating equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864766426     PISSN: 15592448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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