caa a22 4500 445855029 CHVBK 20190125091110.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10640-010-9405-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10640-010-9405-2 Trade, GMOs and Environmental Risk: Are Current Policies Likely to Improve Welfare? [Elektronische Daten] [H. Eggert, M. Greaker] Food with inputs from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has met considerable skepticism among European Union (EU) consumers. The EU import ban on GM food has triggered a great deal of controversy and has been partly replaced by a mandatory labeling scheme. Although there is no measure in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that directly addresses the use of product labeling, WTO and others have been skeptical to mandatory product labeling on the grounds that they may be used as hidden protectionism hampering global welfare. This study has two foci. First, we examine how different policies for the production and use of GMOs might influence the market outcome in consumer food markets. Second, we evaluate the welfare effects of the policy measures. We find that mandatory labeling often increases domestic welfare and, may also enhance global welfare. On the other hand, a trade ban is more likely to decrease global welfare. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 GMOs nationallicence Product-labeling nationallicence Product differentiation nationallicence Quality competition nationallicence Trade policy nationallicence Welfare nationallicence Eggert H. University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, 40530, Göteborg, Sweden aut Greaker M. University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, 40530, Göteborg, Sweden aut Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 48/4(2011-04-01), 587-608 0924-6460 48:4<587 2011 48 10640 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9405-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-010-9405-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eggert H. University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, 40530, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Greaker M. University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, 40530, Göteborg, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental and Resource Economics Springer Netherlands 48/4(2011-04-01), 587-608 0924-6460 48:4<587 2011 48 10640 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 445855029 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer