Economic Welfare and Food Safety Regulation: The Case of Mechanically Deboned Meat
分析了机械去骨肉技术在不同监管政策下的经济影响，发现当前限制措施导致社会福利损失和价格数量效应不可忽视。
Abstract Mechanical deboning is a technology that allows red meat packers and processors to recover fragments of meat that are left on the bones of carcasses after hand trimming. The economic impact of alternative public policies, ranging from a ban on the use of mechanically deboned meat to a free market approach, is analyzed with a simultaneous equations supply‐demand model of the markets for table and processed beef and pork. The results indicate that the loss in economic welfare to society, as well as the price and quantity effects associated with present restrictions, are not insignificant.