On the asynchronous approvals of GM crops: Potential market impacts of a trade disruption of EU soy imports

Food Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-176

  Henseler, Martin ^a,b   Piot Lepetit, Isabelle ^b,c   Ferrari, Emanuele ^b,d   Mellado, Aida Gonzalez ^b   Banse, Martin ^a   Grethe, Harald ^e   Parisi, Claudia ^b   Hélaine, Sophie ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UMR MOISA   (France)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asynchronous approval; CGE model; ESIM; Genetically modified crops; GTAP AGR; PE model; Soybeans; Trade disruption; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; IMPORT; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOYBEAN; TRADE FLOW;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879591987     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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