Determining the factors affecting the consumers' willingness to pay higher prices for genetically unmodified products: Tomato case study in Turkey

British Food Journal

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1188-1199

  Goktolga, Z Gokalp ^a   Esengun, Kemal ^b  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Genetic modification; Turkey

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 72749115963     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700911001022     Document Type: Article

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