Infestations as a Natural Disaster: The Economic Impacts of the Fonterra Whey Protein Concentrate Contamination Incident

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Infestations as a Natural Disaster: The Economic Impacts of the Fonterra Whey Protein Concentrate Contamination Incident

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This paper presents the results from an investigation into the economic implications for New Zealand of the 2013 Whey Protein Concentrate contamination incident (popularly known as the Fonterra Botulism scare). It assesses the impact of this incident to dairy exports using synthetic control methods. A synthetic counterfactual scenario where the incident did not occur is developed using weighted averages of the dairy exports of countries unaffected by the scare. The research finds that there w...

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15 Nov, 2021

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Stojkov, Katarina

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Economics / WPC80 / Fonterra / Whey Protein Concentrate / Agricultural Economics / Synthetic control method / Contamination / Food scare / Exports / Dairy / School: School of Economics and Finance / 140201 Agricultural Economics / 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics / Degree Discipline: Economics / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Commerce

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