Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa

Presumed but unproven trade risks are considered a significant factor in the reluctance of African countries to use potentially beneficial genetically modified (GM) crops. We model a threat from an importer to a local policy maker announcing an upcoming confined field trial of a GM crop as a dynamic...

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Main Authors: Gruère, Guillaume P., Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153085
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description Presumed but unproven trade risks are considered a significant factor in the reluctance of African countries to use potentially beneficial genetically modified (GM) crops. We model a threat from an importer to a local policy maker announcing an upcoming confined field trial of a GM crop as a dynamic game of incomplete information and illustrate our analysis with a stochastic simulation. The results show that provided the cost of threatening is small, and the cost of going out of the country is significant, the importer will threaten to go out and may effectively lower the probability of commercializing a GM crop.
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spelling CGSpace1530852025-04-08T18:27:01Z Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa Gruère, Guillaume P. Takeshima, Hiroyuki biosafety international trade policy analysis Presumed but unproven trade risks are considered a significant factor in the reluctance of African countries to use potentially beneficial genetically modified (GM) crops. We model a threat from an importer to a local policy maker announcing an upcoming confined field trial of a GM crop as a dynamic game of incomplete information and illustrate our analysis with a stochastic simulation. The results show that provided the cost of threatening is small, and the cost of going out of the country is significant, the importer will threaten to go out and may effectively lower the probability of commercializing a GM crop. 2012-04 2024-10-01T13:55:36Z 2024-10-01T13:55:36Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153085 en Limited Access Wiley Gruère, Guillaume P.; Takeshima, Hiroyuki 2012. Will they stay or will they go? The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 94(3): 736-749
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Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title_full Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title_fullStr Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title_short Will they stay or will they go?: The political influence of GM-averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in Africa
title_sort will they stay or will they go the political influence of gm averse importing companies on biosafety decision makers in africa
topic biosafety
international trade
policy analysis
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