Effects of information on consumers' willingness to pay for golden rice

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-476

  Depositario, Dinah Pura T ^a   Nayga,, Rodolfo M ^b   Wu, Ximing ^c   Laude, Tiffany P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidding behavior; Consumers' willingness to pay; Golden rice; Information effects; Uniform price auction

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 70949104988     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2009.02021.x     Document Type: Article

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