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Using Informational Labeling To Influence The Market For Quality In Food Products, Julie Caswell
Using Informational Labeling To Influence The Market For Quality In Food Products, Julie Caswell
Julie Caswell
In the United States, the federal government is increasingly using requirements for informational labeling on food products to influence 1) consumers' knowledge and purchasing patterns and 2) manufacturers' product offerings and marketing practices. We discuss the economic rationale behind these regulations and issues related to judging their success or failure.
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
PHILIP E GRAVES
There is no abstract for this brief paper.
Trends In Food Quality Regulation: Implications For Processed Food Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, Julie Caswell
Trends In Food Quality Regulation: Implications For Processed Food Trade And Foreign Direct Investment, Julie Caswell
Julie Caswell
Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been increasing at a faster rate than direct exports of processed foods over the past decades. To what extent does national-level food quality regulation influence these trends? Although unquantified as to its impact, such national-level regulation is frequently cited as a potential source of nontariff barriers to trade for food products. FDI may allow food processors to avoid rules intended to disadvantage imported products by siting production within particular markets. It may also allow more precise and rapid adaptation to domestic quality regulations. We discuss what is known about the effect of national-level regulation on …
Regulatory Targets And Regimes For Food Safety: A Comparison Of North American And European Approaches, Neal Hooker, Julie Caswell
Regulatory Targets And Regimes For Food Safety: A Comparison Of North American And European Approaches, Neal Hooker, Julie Caswell
Julie Caswell
No abstract provided.
Slavery, Adam Smith’S Economic Vision And The Invisible Hand, Spencer J. Pack
Slavery, Adam Smith’S Economic Vision And The Invisible Hand, Spencer J. Pack
Economics Faculty Publications
Smith was against slavery on moral and economic grounds. The "invisible hand" in societies which allow slavery, operates in such a way that increases in the wealth of the rich, leads to increased misery for the poor free citizens as well as for the slaves themselves. It seems that the beneficial workings of the "invisible hand" are dependent upon commercial societies which arc not based upon the institution of slavery.
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
Robert L Sexton
There is no abstract for this brief paper.
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
Slope Versus Elasticity And The Burden Of Taxation, Philip E. Graves, Robert L. Sexton, Dwight R. Lee
Robert L Sexton
There is no abstract for this brief paper.