Effects of information about invasive species on risk perception and seafood demand by gender and race

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-599

  Haab, Timothy C ^a   Whitehead, John C ^b   Parsons, George R ^c   Price, Jammie ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Information; Race; Seafood demand

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; GENDER; INFORMATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEGATIVE INFORMATION; RACE; RISK INFORMATION; RISK MITIGATION; RISK SCENARIOS; SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION; SEAFOOD DEMAND; STATED PREFERENCES;

MEATS; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; GENDER RELATIONS; INFORMATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACE; RISK PERCEPTION; SEAFOOD;

MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78549284861     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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