Do they always say no? German consumers and second-generation GM foods

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Hartl, Jochen ^a   Herrmann, Roland ^b  

^a Produkt und Markt ^*  (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Functional food; Genetically modified foods; Germany; Multinomial logit; Rapeseed oil; Second generation GM crops

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; FATTY ACID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PREFERENCE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SURVEYING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 69549108435     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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