Sécurité sanitaire des aliments: fausse alerte et vraie crise

Eric Cahuzac (), Daniel Hassan and Sylvette Monier-Dilhan
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Eric Cahuzac: Station d'économie et sociologie rurales - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Daniel Hassan: Groupe de recherche en économie mathématique et quantitative - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: These last years, a fall in consumer's confidence in food safety encouraged false alerts which sometimes led to actual crisis. This paper studies a crisis due to an alert concerning a risk of listeria on a raw milk camembert brand. The investigation relies on individual data. Two results of risk economy are confirmed. Firstly, information has asymmetric effects, according its positive or negative aspects. Secondly, punctual alerts have only temporary effects on consumption. In this crisis, education and consumer's habits did not pay any role.

Keywords: food safety; risk; consumer behaviour; information (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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Published in Economie et Prévision, 2007, 1 (177), pp.55-64

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