SSRN Food Politics & Sociology eJournal

1.

Institutional Corruption of Pharmaceuticals and the Myth of Safe and Effective Drugs

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 2013, Vol. 14, No. 3: 590-610

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Donald W. Light, Joel Lexchin and Jonathan J. Darrow

Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, York University and Harvard Medical School

Downloads 5,007

2.

Conceptualizing the 'Fat Tax': The Role of Food Taxes in Developed Economies

Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 286

Number of pages: 107 Posted: 05 Jul 2004

Working Paper Series

Jeff Strnad

Stanford Law School

Downloads 2,484

3.

Household Food Security in the United States in 2013

USDA-ERS Economic Research Report Number 173

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Oct 2015

Working Paper Series

Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Christian Gregory and Anita Singh

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)

Downloads 2,382

4.

Supersizing Supercenters? The Impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Body Mass Index and Obesity

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 05 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2010

Working Paper Series

Charles Courtemanche and Art Carden

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Department of Economics and Brock School of Business, Samford University

Downloads 2,270

5.

The Food Crises and Political Instability in North Africa and the Middle East

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Aug 2011

Working Paper Series

Marco Lagi, Karla Z. Bertrand and Yaneer Bar-Yam

New England Complex Systems Institute, New England Complex Systems Institute and New England Complex Systems Institute

Downloads 2,099

6.

Animal Cruelty Laws and Factory Farming

Michigan Law Review First Impressions, Vol. 106, No. 5, pp. 123-27, 2008, U of Michigan Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 08-018, U of Michigan Public Law Working Paper No. 127

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Oct 2008

Accepted Paper Series

Joseph Vining

University of Michigan Law School

Downloads 2,045

7.

Household Food Security in the United States, 2004

USDA-ERS Economic Research Report No. 11

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 27 Jan 2006

Working Paper Series

Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews and Steven Carlson

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS)

Downloads 1,967

8.

Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Social Problem and Human Rights Issue (A Global Perspective)

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2013

Working Paper Series

Bogumil Terminski

Independent

Downloads 1,774

9.

Cheap Donuts and Expensive Broccoli: The Effect of Relative Prices on Obesity

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2009

Working Paper Series

Jonah B. Gelbach, Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Pennsylvania Law School and George Mason University - Buchanan Center Political Economy

Downloads 1,756

10.

The Right to Food: Holding Global Actors Accountable Under International Law

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 44, p. 691, 2006

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 15 Dec 2006

Accepted Paper Series

Smita Narula

New York University School of Law

Downloads 1,438

11.

Fast Food: Oppression Through Poor Nutrition

California Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 2221, 2007

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 14 Jul 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Andrea Freeman

University of Hawai'i William S. Richardson School of Law

Downloads 1,370

12.

Fat Taxes in the European Union between Fiscal Austerity and the Fight Against Obesity

European Journal of Risk Regulation, Issue 4, 2011

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Oct 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Alberto Alemanno and Ignacio Carreno

HEC Paris and FratiniVergano-European Lawyers

Downloads 1,344

13.

Consumer Behavior and Purchase Intention for Organic Food

Justin Paul, Jyoti Rana, (2012),"Consumer behavior and purchase intention for organic food", Journal of Consumer Marketing, Vol. 29 Iss: 6 pp. 412 - 422

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Feb 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Justin Paul and Jyoti Rana

University of Puerto Rico and DAV Centenary College

Downloads 1,309

14.

The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change

University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 78

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Jun 1999

Working Paper Series

Richard A. Posner and Tomas Philipson

University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,308

15.

Environmental Accounting in Fiji: An Extended Case Study of the Fiji Sugar Corporation

Journal of Pacific Studies - Banking, Finance and Accounting Special Issue, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 283-309, November 1999

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Nov 2001

Accepted Paper Series

Sumit K. Lodhia

Australian National University (ANU) - Faculty of Economics & Commerce

Downloads 1,291

16.

Household Food Security in the United States in 2010

USDA-ERS Economic Research Report No. 125

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Aug 2012

Working Paper Series

Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews and Steven Carlson

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 1,262

17.

‘Mobile’izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability

Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 13-047

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 23 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 03 May 2016

Working Paper Series

Shawn Allen Cole and A. Nilesh Fernando

Harvard Business School and Harvard University

Downloads 1,256

18.

Food Fight! Davis versus Regan on the Ethics of Eating Beef

Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 331-348, Summer 2007

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Andy Lamey

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Philosophy

Downloads 1,249

19.

Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability

The Sustainable Development in the 21st century (SD21) Report for Rio+20, New York: United Nations, 2012

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 08 May 2012

Working Paper Series

Daniele Giovannucci, Sara J. Scherr, Danielle Nierenberg, Charlotte Hebebrand, Julie Shapiro, Jeffrey Milder and Keith Wheeler

Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA), EcoAgriculture Partners, Nourishing the Planet, International Food and Agriculture Trade Policy Council, The Keystone Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN and The Foundation for Our Future

Downloads 1,242

20.

The Future of Food Eco-Labeling: Organic, Carbon Footprint, and Environmental Life-Cycle Analysis

Vermont Law School Research Paper No. 10-44, Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2011

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2011

Accepted Paper Series

Jason J. Czarnezki

Pace University - School of Law

Downloads 1,215

21.

An Examination of Millennials’ Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Foods: Is It Franken-Food or Super-Food?

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016

Working Paper Series

Stefan Linnhoff, Elena Volovich, Hannah Michelle Martin and Murphy Smith

Murray State University - College of Business, Murray State University - College of Business, Texas A&M University (TAMU), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics, Students and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Downloads 1,198

22.

Occupational Characteristics and the Obesity Wage Penalty

Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 16-12, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-23

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Jennifer Bennett Shinall

Vanderbilt University - Law School

Downloads 1,190

23.

When the Peace Ends: The Vulnerability of EC and US Agricultural Subsidies to WTO Legal Challenge

UCLA, School of Law Research Paper Series No. 03-10; Stanford Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 58

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jun 2003

Accepted Paper Series

Richard H. Steinberg and Timothy E. Josling

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and Stanford University - The European Forum, Institute for International Studies

Downloads 1,146

24.

Estimating the Economic Effects of Gmos: The Importance of Policy Choices and Preferences

Adelaide University Policy Discussion Paper No.0035

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Oct 2000

Working Paper Series

Kym Anderson, Chantal Nielsen and Sherman Robinson

University of Adelaide - Centre for International Economic Studies (CIES), Danish Research Institute of Food Economics (FOI) - Agricultural Policy Division and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Downloads 1,105

25.

The History and Future of Genetically Modified Crops: Frankenfoods, Superweeds, and the Developing World

Journal of Food Law and Policy, Vol. 7, 2011

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Mar 2012

Accepted Paper Series

Brooke Glass-O'Shea

Haramaya University College of Law

Downloads 1,102

26.

The Evolution of European Food Regulation - Why the European Food Safety Authority is Not a EU-Style FDA?

WHAT'S THE BEEF? THE CONTESTED GOVERNANCE OF EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY, C. Ansell & D. Vogel, eds., MIT Press, 2006, Bocconi Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1007451

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Aug 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Alberto Alemanno

HEC Paris

Downloads 1,081

27.

Obesity and the Availability of Fast-Food: An Instrumental Variables Approach

iHEA 2007 6th World Congress: Explorations in Health Economics Paper

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 May 2007 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2008

Working Paper Series

Richard A. Dunn

University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Downloads 1,077

28.

Food Aid and Dependency: Implications for Emergency Food Security Assessments

IFPRI Discussion Paper No. 12-2

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Jul 2008

Working Paper Series

Erin Lentz, Christopher B. Barrett and John Hoddinott

University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Cornell University - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management and Cornell University, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Students

Downloads 1,039

29.

The Global Food Crisis: Law, Policy, and the Elusive Quest for Justice

13 Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal 462 (2010)

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2016

Accepted Paper Series

Carmen G. Gonzalez

Seattle University School of Law

Downloads 1,008

30.

Climate Change, Food Security, and Agrobiodiversity: Toward a Just, Resilient, and Sustainable Food System

Fordham Environmental Law Review, Vol. 22, p. 493, 2011, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 11-19

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2014

Accepted Paper Series

Carmen G. Gonzalez

Seattle University School of Law

Downloads 1,005

31.

Meeting Basic Survival Needs of the World's Least Healthy People toward a Framework Convention on Global Health

Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 96, 2008, Georgetown University O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law Scholarship Research Paper No. 1

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Sep 2007

Accepted Paper Series

Lawrence O. Gostin

Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law

Downloads 992

32.

Applying the Precautionary Principle to Genetically Modified Crops

Weidenbaum Center Working Paper No. PS 157

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Dec 2000

Working Paper Series

Indur M. Goklany

Independent

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33.

L’Endettement Affecte-T-IL la Profitabilite? Le Cas des Firmes Agro-Alimentaires Françaises (Does Debt Affect Profitability? The Case of French Agro-Food Firms)

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 25 Nov 2012

Working Paper Series

Mazen Kebewar

Université d’Orléans - Laboratoire d’Économie d’Orléans (LEO)

Downloads 988

34.

Better School Meals on a Budget: Using Behavioral Economics and Food Psychology to Improve Meal Selection

Just, David R. and Brian Wansink (2009), “Better School Meals on a Budget: Using Behavioral Economics and Food Psychology to Improve Meal Selection,” Choices, 24:3, 1-6 ,

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Jan 2016

Accepted Paper Series

David Just and Brian Wansink

Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Cornell University

Downloads 972

35.

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States

USDA-ERS Economic Research Report Number 162

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Oct 2014

Working Paper Series

Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Seth Wechsler, Mike Livingston and Lorraine Mitchell

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS), Independent, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS)

Downloads 963

36.

Economic Efficiency and Consumer Choice Theory in Nutritional Labeling

Wisconsin Law Review, p. 1161, 2004

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 25 Jul 2004

Accepted Paper Series

Michael McCann

University of New Hampshire School of Law

Downloads 949

37.

A Rotten System: Subsidizing Environmental Degradation and Poor Public Health with Our Nation's Tax Dollars

Stanford Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 28, p. 213, 2009

Number of pages: 98 Posted: 21 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014

Accepted Paper Series

William S. Eubanks II

Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks LLP

Downloads 931

38.

Food and Nutrition Security Indicators: A Review

ZEF Working Paper No. 108

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 23 Mar 2013

Working Paper Series

Evita Hanie Pangaribowo, Nicolas Gerber and Maximo Torero

University of Bonn - Department of Economic and Technological Change, University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Downloads 930

39.

Pricing Irrigation Water: A Literature Survey

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2449

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Robert Johansson

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Economic Research Service (ERS)

Downloads 909

40.

What's the Big Deal?: The Ethics of Public-Private Partnerships Related to Food and Health

Edmond J. Safra Working Paper No. 11

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 May 2013

Working Paper Series

Jonathan H. Marks

Harvard University - Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics

Downloads 908

41.

Child Poverty and Inequality: New Perspectives

Number of pages: 299 Posted: 17 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2012

Working Paper Series

Isabel Ortiz, Louise Moreira Daniels and Solrun Engilbertsdóttir

United Nations - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - Children's Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations - Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Downloads 906

42.

Performance of Agriculture Sector in India: Special Reference to Post Reform Period

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 26 Jan 2011

Working Paper Series

Vijay M. Kumbhar

Dhananjayrao Gadgil College of Commerce (An Autonomous College)

Downloads 899

43.

Nutrition in India: Facts and Interpretations

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 20 May 2008

Working Paper Series

Angus Deaton and Jean Dreze

Princeton University and Ranchi University

Downloads 877

44.

Of Backyard Chickens and Front Yard Gardens: The Conflict Between Local Governments and Locavores

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 2, 2012

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 29 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Sarah Schindler

University of Maine - School of Law

Downloads 873

45.

A Constructive Critique of Public Health Arguments for Anti-Obesity Soda Taxes and Food Taxes

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 73, 2012 , Loyola-LA Legal Studies Paper No. 2012-44

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 06 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2013

Accepted Paper Series

Katherine Pratt

Loyola Law School Los Angeles

Downloads 868

46.

Sustainable Sourcing in the Food Industry: Global Challenges and Practices

Moderne Ernaehrung Heute, Official Journal of the Food Chemistry Institute of the Association of the German Confectionery Industry, Vol. 4, p. 1-9, October 2010

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Sep 2010 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Oliver von Hagen, Stephan Manning and Juliane Reinecke

International Trade Centre (UN/WTO), University of Massachusetts at Boston - College of Management and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School

Downloads 855

47.

Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010

Accepted Paper Series

Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa

U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Downloads 847

48.

Too Big to Ale? Globalization and Consolidation in the Beer Industry

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 May 2013

Working Paper Series

Philip H. Howard

Michigan State University

Downloads 844

49.

Food as a Commons: Reframing the Narrative of the Food System

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2013

Working Paper Series

Jose Luis Vivero Pol

Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)

Downloads 832

50.

Defining Aspects and Theories of Food Security in Sudan

Development Economics Journal, Vol. 3, No. 113, June 8, 2011

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 May 2011 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2015

Accepted Paper Series

Issam A.W. Mohamed

Al-Neelain University - Department of Economics

Downloads 811

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