@article{law_origins_2003,
	title = {The {Origins} of {State} {Pure} {Food} {Regulation}},
	volume = {63},
	issn = {00220507},
	url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3132366},
	abstract = {Why did state governments begin to regulate the food industry in the late nineteenth century? One possible explanation is that pure food regulation was the result of rent seeking on the part of traditional food producers who wanted to limit the availability of new substitutes. Another potential hypothesis is that regulation was desired because it helped solve an asymmetric information problem in the market for food products. I find the evidence to be more consistent with the latter hypothesis.},
	number = {4},
	urldate = {2011-02-22},
	journal = {The Journal of Economic History},
	author = {Law, Marc T.},
	month = dec,
	year = {2003},
	note = {ArticleType: research-article / Full publication date: Dec., 2003 / Copyright © 2003 Economic History Association},
	pages = {1103--1130},
	file = {JSTOR Full Text PDF:files/32810/Law - 2003 - The Origins of State Pure Food Regulation.pdf:application/pdf}
}

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