On consumers' willingness to purchase nutritionally enhanced genetically modified food

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-137

  Canavari, Maurizio ^a   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRITION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58249140498     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701367564     Document Type: Article

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