Parental response to health risk information: Experimental results on willingness-to-pay for safer infant milk formula

Health Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-518

  Goldberg, Isabell ^a   Roosen, Jutta ^b   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Experimental auction; Health risk information; Powdered infant milk formula; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; PARENTS; PRODUCT LABELING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67149100927     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1381     Document Type: Article

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