Effects of cheap talk on consumer willingness-to-pay for golden rice

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 840-856

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Genetically modified foods; Hypothetical bias

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RICE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 0344586764     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00492     Document Type: Article

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