Preferences and willingness to pay for GM labeling policies

Food Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 467-483

  Loureiro, Maria L ^a   Hine, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Genetically modified food; Labeling; Mandatory labeling; Voluntary labeling

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ECOLABELING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8844277734     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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