On the Economics of Adulteration in Food Imports: Application to US Fish and Seafood Imports
No hay miniatura disponible
Fecha
Autores
Título de la revista
ISSN de la revista
Título del volumen
Editor
Resumen
Descripción
This essay shows the role of economics in the adulteration of food imports.The mechanism of impact in the model is the choice of input quality by exporting firms. One implication of the model is that conomic variables can be used to predict adulteration in food imports. The essay offers an application to US fish and seafood imports following the closing of fisheries
in the Gulf of Mexico because of the Deepwater Horizon platform oil spill.
Simulations show an increase in adulteration in fish and seafood imports after the Deepwater Horizon incident. Empirical evidence supports simulations' findings.