Are perceptions of 'risks' and 'benefits' of genetically modified food (in)dependent?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-182

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

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benefits perceptions; GM food; Risks perceptions; Three stage least squares (3SLS) model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750222589     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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