What Drives Media Reporting of Food Safety Events? Evidence From U.S. Meat Recalls
| dc.creator | Beatty, Timothy | |
| dc.creator | Katare, Bhagyashree | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:52:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T10:38:36Z | |
| dc.description | This paper examines how the characteristics of a recall affect the volume of media coverage about that recall. We link data on media reports to a comprehensive list of virtually all recalls of meat products over the period 2001--2012. We find considerable evidence that, up to a point, the characteristics of a food recall significantly affect reporting about that recall. Specifically a one percent increase in the volume of meat recalled results in a 0.1 percent increase in media coverage. In addition, we find that media coverage is significantly larger for incidents related to bacterial contamination as compared to other types of recalls. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.239243 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239243/files/AAEA_2016.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239243 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/620635 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/239243 | |
| dc.title | What Drives Media Reporting of Food Safety Events? Evidence From U.S. Meat Recalls | |
| dc.type | Text |