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The Labels in Agriculture, Their Impact on Trade and the Scope for International Policy Action

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  1. Department of Economics at INRA, France’s National Institute for Agricultural Research, France

    Stéphan Marette (Research Fellow)

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  1. Institute for Environmental Economics and World Trade, Leibniz University of Hannover, Koenigsworther Platz 1, 30167, Hannover, Germany

    Ulrike Grote

  2. Department of Economics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 29187, USA

    Arnab K. Basu

  3. Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Nancy H. Chau

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Marette, S. (2007). The Labels in Agriculture, Their Impact on Trade and the Scope for International Policy Action. In: Grote, U., Basu, A.K., Chau, N.H. (eds) New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling. Sustainability and Innovation. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1756-0_8

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