I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. The estimated economic impact on the United States and European Union resulting from a United States ban on horse slaughter for human consumption

While the consumption of horse meat is culturally acceptable in Europe and other places in the world, little horse meat is consumed in the United States because of a social stigma attached to its consumption. The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill (HR 857) that places a national ban on the slaughter or export of horses for slaughter for human consumption. The results of such legislation may have important economic consequences for the horse industry in the United States and the horsemeat market in Europe. One objective of the paper is to examine the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed legislative ban. Another objective is to examine the impact of the proposed legislative ban on the E.U. horsemeat market.;The methodology uses both econometric modeling and regression techniques together with a financial analysis of discounted disposal costs to determine the impact of the proposed ban on the U.S. horse industry. Qualitative methods include interviews with individuals in the horsemeat market from the U.S. and the E.U. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).