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Title
Food safety, the media and the information market
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Abstract
Availability of information has increased rapidly over the past decades. Yet, information on food safety is still considered problematic. Economists have extensively researched the effects of imperfect information. However, little attention has been paid to the institutional organization of the supply of information and the incentive schemes in the information market. This paper analyzes how and when information is supplied by media organizations, and what the implications are. We first develop a theoretical framework and afterwards provide empirical evidence from media coverage of two recent food safety crises in Europe.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Agricultural economics. - Amsterdam
Publication
Amsterdam : 2005
ISSN
0169-5150
DOI
10.1111/J.0169-5150.2004.00022.X
Volume/pages
32 :s1 (2005) , p. 175-188
ISI
000203014600014
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