Consumers' preferences for gm food and voluntary information access: A simultaneous choice analysis

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-267

  Hu, Wuyang ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^b   Veeman, Michele M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOGENE; TERMES;

EID: 65549150498     PISSN: 00083976     EISSN: 17447976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7976.2009.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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