EU member states' voting for authorizing genetically engineered crops: A regulatory gridlock:

German Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 244-262

  Smart, Richard D ^a   Blum, Matthias ^b   Wesseler, Justus ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appeal Committee; Approval process; Authorization; Council; GE; Genetically modified organism (GMO); Opt out; Political economy; Qualified majority vote; Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health; Voting behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949570515     PISSN: 00021121     EISSN: 21914028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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