GMO standards, endogenous policy and the market for information

Food Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-43

  Vigani, Mauro ^a   Olper, Alessandro ^b,c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LICOS Centre for Institution and Economic Performance   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GMO standards; Media market; Political economy

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MASS MEDIA; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883796416     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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