Commercial release of first-generation genetically modified food products in New Zealand: Using a partial equilibrium trade model to assess the impact on producer returns in New Zealand

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 233-259

  Saunders, Caroline ^a   Cagatay, Selim ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MODELING; NATIONAL TRADE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0038638309     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00211     Document Type: Article

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