Erring on the side of caution? the heterogeneity of public perceptions of biotechnology applications in the European Union

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 767-777

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Mossialos, Elias ^b   Costa Font, Montserrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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EID: 33748702688     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2006.11506944     Document Type: Review

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