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On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations: Reply

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  • Demont, Matty
  • Dillen, Koen
  • Daems, Wim
  • Sausse, Christophe
  • Tollens, Eric
  • Mathijs, Erik

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Desquilbet and Bullock (2010) criticize some aspects of our analysis of the European Union's (EU) spatial ex ante coexistence regulations (SEACERs) of genetically modified (GM) and non-GM crops presented in Demont et al. (2009). We argue that, besides misinterpreting some of our original arguments, the authors propose a policy analysis framework which is inconsistent with the main goal of the EU's SEACERs. Their example incorrectly suggests that SEACERs play an additional role of regulating non-GM crop supply on the market. This would be inefficient from a policy economics perspective, especially in an open economy where global trade is taken into account. Therefore, we argue that analyzing flexibility of SEACERs in a market framework could lead to erroneous conclusions and in that case a simple farm level analysis such as presented in Demont et al. (2009) is preferred.

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  • Demont, Matty & Dillen, Koen & Daems, Wim & Sausse, Christophe & Tollens, Eric & Mathijs, Erik, 2010. "On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations: Reply," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 35(2), pages 183-184, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:35:y:2010:i:2:p:183-184
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    1. Marion Desquilbet & Sylvaine Poret, 2014. "How do GM/non GM coexistence regulations affect markets and welfare?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 37(1), pages 51-82, February.

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