Economic impacts of isoglucose deregulation on the European sweetener market
通过产品差异化模型和博弈论，分析了欧盟放松异葡萄糖生产管制对甜味剂市场的影响，发现若不同时削减糖配额，放松管制不会增加社会福利。
The EU sweetener market is highly regulated. In particular, production of isoglucose, the main competitor of sugar, is limited to about 2 per cent of the sugar quota. Using a product differentiation model and game theory, we develop a normative analysis of the sweetener market and analyse the potential impacts of the liberalisation of isoglucose production. We show that use of isoglucose in the EU would be a smaller percentage of total sweetener use than it is in the United States. We also demonstrate that such a liberalisation could not increase welfare if it is not accompanied by a reduction in the sugar quota.