The study tests the popular belief that Democrats (and more generally, liberals) are “green” while Republicans (more generally, conservatives) are “brown”, for several measures of California air quality indicators. We employ two alternative econometric identification strategies on...

Many countries have adopted labeling policies for genetically modified (GM) food, and the regulations vary considerably across countries.We evaluate the importance of political economic factors implicit in the choice of GM food labeling regulations. Using an analytical model, we show that...