Does choice context affect the results from incentive-compatible experiments? the case of non-gm and country-of-origin premia in canola oil

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-221

  Volinskiy, Dmitriy ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a   Veeman, Michele ^a   Srivastava, Lorie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Population Data BC   (Canada)

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BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 65549106074     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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