Recent Economic Analyses of Food Safety: Evaluating Risk Management Efforts

Risk Analysis

A disciplinary core
Costs, benefits and
distributional issues

Interactions between Firms, the Government and Consumers

Simulating Optimal Standards

Results

Using probabilistic estimates to recommend interventions

Opportunity Costs of Food Safety Regulation

Measuring Efficiency

Measuring Efficiency with a Direction

Application to US Data

Comparing effectiveness of information delivery (labels)

Crisis Management

Costs of Food Recalls

Recovery Rates

Variables for Timing

Time from Production to Recall

True interdisciplinary research!

Consumer use of Recall Information

Who Deserves all the Credit?