The use of non-hypothetical experimental markets for measuring the acceptance of genetically modified foods

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 15, Issue 7-8 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 701-714

  Jaeger, Sara R ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^b   House, Lisa O ^c   Valli, Carlotta ^d   Moore, Melissa ^e   Morrow, Bert ^f   Traill, W Bruce ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Division of Business   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Experimental laboratory auctions; GM; USA; Willingness to accept

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERIMENTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT; MONEY; RESEARCH; SENSATION; STANDARD;

EID: 6344291502     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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