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The agro-food industry, public health, and environmentalprotection: investigating the Porter hypothesis in food regulation

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  • Eric Giraud-Héraud

    (INRA, UR1303 ALISS, F-94205 IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France etGREThA, UMR5113 CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, F-33608 Pessac, France)

  • Jean-Pierre Ponssard

    (Ecole Polytechnique, F-91128 Palaiseau, France)

  • Bernard Sinclair Desgagné

    (HEC, Montréal, Canada H3T 2A7)

  • Louis-Georges Soler

    (INRA, UR1303 ALISS, F-94205 IVRY-SUR-SEINE, France)

Abstract

Sustainable food concerns have pushed public au-thorities to act by means of regulations, standards and otherdevices, and businesses to innovate in their products and pro-duction processes. We argue that the Porter hypothesis—whichasserts that properly designed and implemented environmentalregulation might be good for society as well as the targetedfirms—might well be verified in this context. After reviewingand illustrating the working principles and main criticisms ofthis hypothesis, we provide a more in-depth discussion of nu-tritional issues. While the literature generally points to organi-zational imperfections and market failures to validate the Porterhypothesis, we submit and model another rationale for the agro-food industry, a rationale that is based on consumer behavior.

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  • Eric Giraud-Héraud & Jean-Pierre Ponssard & Bernard Sinclair Desgagné & Louis-Georges Soler, 2016. "The agro-food industry, public health, and environmentalprotection: investigating the Porter hypothesis in food regulation," Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, INRA Department of Economics, vol. 97(2), pages 127-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:rae:jouraf:v:97:y:2016:i:2:p:127-140
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    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • Q55 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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