Presentation
Welfare Effects of Mandatory Traceability When Firms are Heterogeneous
Economics Presentations, Posters and Proceedings
Document Type
Presentation
Disciplines
Conference
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2010 Annual Meeting
Publication Version
Submitted Manuscript
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Conference Title
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 2010 AAEA, CAES, & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting
Conference Date
July 25-27, 2010
Geolocation
(39.7392358, -104.990251)
Abstract
We develop a framework in which the cost of producing a quantity food and the cost of food safety differs across firms. We show that large firms may supply the safest food even though small firms have a cost advantage in producing safe food. The model shows that mandatory traceability can decrease the overall safety of food when small firms that supply the safest food exit the industry. Our model applies to food safety but can be applied to a wide range of issues related to regulation and product quality.
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Copyright 2010 by SĂ©bastien Pouliot. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies.
Copyright Owner
The Authors
Copyright Date
2010
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Sebastien Pouliot. "Welfare Effects of Mandatory Traceability When Firms are Heterogeneous" Denver, CO(2010) p. 1 - 25 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sebastien-pouliot/26/
This is a Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association 2010 AAEA, CAES, & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, July 25-27, 2010.