Estimating the demand for a new technology: Bt cotton and insecticide policies

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-132

  Hubbell, Bryan J ^a   Marra, Michele C ^a   Carlson, Gerald A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bt cotton; Demand; Insecticide policy; Revealed preferences; Stated preferences; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COTTON; ECONOMICS; INSECTICIDE; LEGAL ASPECT; SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; COTTON; DEMAND ANALYSIS; INSECTICIDE;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COTTON INDUSTRY; CULTIVATION; GENETIC MODIFICATION; MARKET; PESTICIDE;

EID: 0034072809     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0002-9092.00010     Document Type: Article

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