Who do consumers trust for information: The case of genetically modified foods?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1222-1229

  Huffman, Wallace E ^a   Rousu, Matthew ^b   Shogren, Jason F ^c   Tegene, Abebayehu ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD SAFETY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INFORMATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944261014     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00669.x     Document Type: Article

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