New Frontiers in Environmental and Social Labeling

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Grote, Ulrike (Editor), Basu, Arnab K. (Editor), Chau, Nancy H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2007.
• Series: Sustainability and Innovation,
• Subjects: Environmental management.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Policy.; Environmental Management.

The attractiveness of product labeling stems from their voluntary nature to achieve environmental and social goals. It is argued that through product price premia which reflect the willingness of consumers to pay more for green and socially conscious products, labels have the potential to generate c...

Table of Contents:

• Outline and Emerging Issues
• The Design of an Eco-Marketing and Labeling Program for Vehicles in Maine
• Performance-based Labeling
• Do Social Labeling NGOs Have Any Influence on Child Labor?
• Economic Analysis of Eco-Labeling: The Case of Labeled Organic Rice in Thailand
• Eco-labeling and Strategic Rivalry in Export Markets
• Science, Opportunity, Traceability, Persistence, and Political Will: Necessary Elements of Opening the U.S. Market to Avocados from Mexico
• The Labels in Agriculture, Their Impact on Trade and the Scope for International Policy Action
• Social Standards and Their Impact on Exports: Evidence from the Textiles and Ready-Made Garments Sector in Egypt
• Developing Country Responses to the Enhancement of Food Safety Standards
• Scope and Limitations for National Food Safety and Labeling Regimes in the WTO-Frame.