Determinants of voter support for a five-year ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in Switzerland

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 421-435

  Schläpfer, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Externalities; Genetically modified organisms (GMO); Public goods; Voting preferences

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PUBLIC GOODS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 48949103462     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2008.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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