Abstract
Our aim is to explore who pays the costs and who reaps the benefits of maintaining a dual-market system of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and non-GMOs. We analyze the welfare effects of the introduction of consumer "hatred" given GMO technology and the introduction of GMO technology given hatred. Making alternative assumptions of competitive and then monopolistic supply, we recognize that identity preservation (IP) of non-GMOs creates costs for IP and non-IP producers. We model these costs as depending on the sizes of the two supply channels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 656-672 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | American Journal of Agricultural Economics |
Volume | 91 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Genetically modified organisms
- Identity preservation
- Labeling
- Market power
- Welfare
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics