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The Market Effect of a Food Scare: The Case of Genetically Modified StarLink Corn

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Carter, Colin A.
Smith, Aaron

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Genetic modification of crops has revolutionized food production, but it remains controversial due to food safety concerns. A recent food safety scare provides a natural experiment on the market's willingness to accept an increase in perceived risk from genetically modified (GM) food. We analyze the market impact of contamination of the U.S. food-corn supply by a GM variety called StarLink. We find that the contamination led to a 6.8 percent discount in corn prices and that the suppression of prices lasted for at least a year.

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Paper provided by University of California, Davis, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in its series Working Papers with number 11997.

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Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing;

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