Objective and subjective knowledge: Impacts on consumer demand for genetically modified foods in the United States and the European Union

AgBioForum

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-123

  House, Lisa ^a   Lusk, Jayson ^b   Jaeger, Sara ^c   Traill, W Bruce ^d   Moore, Melissa ^e   Valli, Carlotta ^f   Morrow, Bert ^g   Yee, Wallace M S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^g BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Genetically modified foods; Objective knowledge; Subjective knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644390911     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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