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Why organic food in Germany is a merit good

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  • Mann, Stefan, 2003. "Why organic food in Germany is a merit good," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 28(5-6), pages 459-469.
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    4. Francesca Medda, 2011. "Transport Accessibility as Merit Good," ERSA conference papers ersa10p1124, European Regional Science Association.
    5. Cicia, Gianni & Cembalo, Luigi & Del Giudice, Teresa & Scarpa, Riccardo, 2011. "The Impact of Country-of-Origin Information on Consumer Perception of Environment-Friendly Characteristics," International Journal on Food System Dynamics, International Center for Management, Communication, and Research, vol. 2(1), pages 1-7, September.
    6. Rodolfo Bernabéu & Margarita Brugarolas & Laura Martínez-Carrasco & Roberto Nieto-Villegas & Adrián Rabadán, 2023. "The Price of Organic Foods as a Limiting Factor of the European Green Deal: The Case of Tomatoes in Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-15, February.
    7. Mann, Stefan, 2021. "Why Governments Should Penalize Animal Production: A Systemic Approach to Internalize the Externalities of Agriculture," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315160, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    8. Mann, Stefan, 2005. "Deliberation, Responsivity and Power in German and Swiss Agricultural Policy," Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie\ Economie et Sociologie Rurales, Swiss Society for Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, vol. 2005(1), pages 1-18.
    9. Stefan Mann, 2006. "Merit goods in a utilitarian framework," Review of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(4), pages 509-520.
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