Collective investment in a common pool resource: Grower associations and food safety guidelines
研究美国商品组织如何集体投资于农产品食品安全声誉这一公共池塘资源，发现只有导致住院的食源性疾病暴发等重大声誉冲击才会提高食品安全指南的采纳概率，且政府支持的组织采纳指南能改善部分食品安全结果。
Abstract Common pool resources often face overexploitation, but collective action can counteract that tendency. We investigate collective investment in reputation for produce food safety, a common pool resource because of limited branding and traceability, by U.S. commodity organizations. We use a unique dataset constructed with data from U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and industry to provide novel evidence on collective investment in common pool resources. Notably, only large shocks to reputation such as foodborne disease outbreaks resulting in hospitalization increase the likelihood of food safety guideline adoption. Adoption of food safety guidelines by government‐backed organizations results in improvements in some food safety outcomes.