Effects of cost and campaign advertising on support for california's proposition 37

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-186

  McFadden, Brandon R ^a   Lusk, Jayson L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Campaign advertising; Genetically engineered; Genetically modified; Mandatory labeling; Perceptions; Proposition 37

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890372872     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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