Consumer benefits of labels and bans on GM foods - Choice experiments with Swedish consumers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-161

  Carlsson, Fredrik ^a   Frykblom, Peter ^b   Lagerkvist, Carl Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Credence good; Genetically modified

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846934532     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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