Actual media reports on GM foods and Chinese consumers' willingness to pay for GM soybean oil

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 376-390

  Hu, Wuyang ^a   Zhong, Funing ^b   Ding, Yulian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinese consumers; Double bounded; Soybean oil; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33748880980     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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