On the proportionality of EU spatial ex ante coexistence regulations: Reply |
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Authors: | Matty Demont Koen Dillen Wim Daems Christophe Sausse Eric Tollens Erik Mathijs |
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Affiliation: | 1. Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), B.P. 96, Saint-Louis, Senegal;2. Division for Agricultural and Food Economics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E Bus 2411, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium;3. Centre Technique Interprofessionel des Oléagineux Métropolitains (CETIOM), Centre de Grignon B.P. 4, 78850 Thiverval Grignon, France |
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Abstract: | 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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Keywords: | European Union Biotechnology Policy analysis Flexibility Consumer Welfare |
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