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Information, Incentives, and Government Intervention for Food Safety

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  • Sebastien Pouliot

    (Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA)

  • H. Holly Wang

    (Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA)

Abstract

Foodborne illnesses are an important health issue throughout the world. Food safety incidents cause significant economic losses in a multitude of ways, including discomfort, pain, loss in productivity, and death. This review examines issues in the economics of food safety. We first discuss the analysis of costs and benefits of food safety intervention and their usefulness in guiding policy making, and then look into the information problems that dampen the market incentives for the provision of food safety. Building on this discussion, we examine how a government can intervene in food safety either through direct intervention or by increasing the incentives for firms to supply safe food and then look briefly into private initiatives in food safety. We conclude by inviting new research that exploits new estimation techniques and newly available data.

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  • Sebastien Pouliot & H. Holly Wang, 2018. "Information, Incentives, and Government Intervention for Food Safety," Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 10(1), pages 83-103, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:reseco:v:10:y:2018:p:83-103
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100516-053346
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    Cited by:

    1. Hongfeng Zhang & Chengyun Sun & Lu Huang & Hongyun Si, 2021. "Does Government Intervention Ensure Food Safety? Evidence from China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(7), pages 1-22, March.
    2. H. Holly Wang & Yu Jiang & Shaosheng Jin & Qiujie Zheng, 2022. "New online market connecting Chinese consumers and small farms to improve food safety and environment," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 70(4), pages 305-324, December.
    3. William E. Nganje & Linda D. Burbidge & Elisha K. Denkyirah & Elvis M. Ndembe, 2021. "Predicting Food-Safety Risk and Determining Cost-Effective Risk-Reduction Strategies," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-18, September.
    4. Neill, Clinton L. & Chen, Susan E., 2021. "Food Safety Events versus Media: Nonlinear Effects of Egg Recalls on U.S. Egg Prices," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 47(1), January.

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    Keywords

    costs and benefits; information; food safety; incentives; regulation;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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