Public policy and endogenous beliefs: The case of genetically modified food

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-289

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Rozan, Anne ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Food labeling policy; Genetically modified food; Trivariate probit

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249148887     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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