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Thanks to everyone for the messages and encouragement. I worked on this paper for a long time, and I'm very happy that it's finally published. https://lnkd.in/eRcDH5Um Here is a thread: For years, USDA has tried to reduce food-borne illness through a “naming and shaming” policy for disclosure of Salmonella test results. A key feature of the disclosure regime is that producers are placed into three safety categories with no differentiation within categories.   This paper uses 19 years of carcass-level data from U.S. federal inspections of broiler chickens for Salmonella to test hypotheses about shaming and moral hazard under several regimes of categorization and disclosure of information about the outcomes of tests for Salmonella.   The paper mainly uses an RD approach. Results suggest that operators reduced effort related to controlling Salmonella (i.e., shirked) when categorization was already guaranteed because of either good or poor performance on a series of recent tests.   Public disclosure (starting in 2008) seemed to reduce shirking, but after the threshold for disclosure was tightened in 2011, results again suggest shirking. The patterns of shirking behavior are consistent with features of the industry.   The paper also documents that when producers had more leeway with respect to the thresholds, but categorization was not yet determined, their performance on Salmonella tests worsened.   Finally, it uses an RD in time approach to show that while the initial public disclosure of categories improved outcomes, the later tightening of standards resulted in a large increase in the share of carcasses testing positive, which was driven by the worst-performing producers.   “Regulation by shaming”, i.e., public disclosure of quality, may incentivize producers, but not always to improve quality. This is especially true if quality standards are hard to attain. Disclosure of continuous information or fines may be more effective.

Congratulations to John Bovay, Associate Professor and Kohl Junior Faculty Fellow, for his recent publication ‘Shaming, stringency, and shirking: Evidence from food-safety inspections’ in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. His paper examines the responses of chicken producers to public disclosure of quality information (or categorization) regarding Salmonella in chicken carcasses. Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/ewpPKSZW #ResearchWithImpact

👉 New Publication: Lessons learned from Switzerland's agricultural policy In a new article published in the journal Bio-based and Applied Economics, we have described the history and current state of Swiss agricultural policy, reviewed evaluations of agricultural policy instruments in Switzerland, and summarized their policy implications. Thanks to Nadja El Benni and Robert Finger for this collaboration. https://lnkd.in/g2CxaK2d

There is no shortage of challenges for the food system. From changes in policy to new food technologies, consumers and producers can have a lot to worry about.    To consumer economics researcher Brandon McFadden, though, these challenges present opportunities to better understand human interactions with the food system. As a professor and the Tyson Endowed Chair in Food Policy Economics, Brandon aims to improve lives by helping  consumers better understand the food system and the food system to better understand consumers. Brandon McFadden University of Arkansas Department of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness #BehindtheDiscovery #Food #Consumers #Economics

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Current issue of the Italian Review of Agricultural Economics is devoted to territorial approaches to addressing food system challenges based on localised agri-food systems including case studies, open access

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🌾 Embrace the Future of Agricultural Economics Join our journal today and be at the forefront of agricultural economics research and innovation. Together, we can drive sustainable agricultural practices, strengthen economies, and ensure food security for generations to come. 🌱📚 Stay informed. Inspire change. Explore the world of agricultural economics with us! https://lnkd.in/gbAqH7rN #AgriculturalEconomics #SustainableFarming #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment #RWAE

Our key publications in 2023-24 include the book 'Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta' and a series of tributes to M.S. Swaminathan in Review of Agrarian Studies (13,2). 'Economic Change in the Lower Cauvery Delta', the latest addition to our Agrarian Studies Series, discusses the manifold stresses on the socio-economic fabric of the region with the decline of the delta as a hub of rice cultivation. The book also analyses other dimensions of agrarian change in the region – in employment and incomes, the forms of credit in operation, education, sanitation, and housing. The RAS (13,2), a special issue of our peer-reviewed open-access journal was also published during this period. The main highlight of this issue is the Tribute Section, which features twenty articles by renowned agricultural scientists, and social scientists, among others paying respect to Professor M.S. Swaminathan's legacy. Read more about our publications in the annual report 2023-24: https://lnkd.in/gqZxbedr

🌾 Embrace the Future of Agricultural Economics Join our journal today and be at the forefront of agricultural economics research and innovation. Together, we can drive sustainable agricultural practices, strengthen economies, and ensure food security for generations to come. 🌱📚 Stay informed. Inspire change. Explore the world of agricultural economics with us! https://lnkd.in/gmTR38SG #AgriculturalEconomics #SustainableFarming #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment #RWAE