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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2006
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
Discussion Papers No. 485
Verlag: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Zusammenfassung: 
Genetically modified (GM) food has raised both health-risk fears and environmental concerns. This has led some countries to ban the trade in such food triggering a great deal of controversy among countries. In this paper we ask under what conditions will voluntary labeling of GM-free food be at least as good as a trade ban? And, under what conditions can providing labels for GM-free food be protectionist? Our main finding is that the merits of a product labeling policy depend crucially on the way food products are differentiated. If they are poorly differentiated from the beginning, a labeling policy will probably not function as good as a trade ban does; while if they are already well differentiated, a labeling policy is likely the optimal policy for the importing country. Finally, as long as consumers' willingness to pay to avoid GM-food is high, a labeling policy is not protectionist. In fact, if products are poorly differentiated from the beginning, foreign firms will probably increase their profit even if they do not choose to label their products.
Schlagwörter: 
Product-labeling
GMOs
protectionsim
trade policy
JEL: 
H2
H7
Q2
Q28
Dokumentart: 
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