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The Impact Of Food Recall On Third-Party Certification Adoption, Hongyi Zhang
The Impact Of Food Recall On Third-Party Certification Adoption, Hongyi Zhang
Theses and Dissertations--Agricultural Economics
Food safety problems have gained national attention, and food recall is one of the most important indications of this concern. Third-party certifications have become a popular way to improve the safety and quality of products for consumers. Publications related to third-party certification usually focus on the motives and benefits of a particular certification. However, to date, no existing research investigates the effects of food recalls on certification adoption.
This study uses Probit models with a binary endogenous explanatory variable to examine the relationship between food recalls and third-party certification, based on recalls occurring between January 1, 2015 and February 18, …