Willingness to pay for food safety: Sensitivity to duration and severity of illness

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1170-1175

  Hammitt, James K ^a   Haninger, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR RISK ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SAFETY; MORTALITY RISK; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149056591     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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