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Do Consumers Not Care about Biotech Foods or Do They Just Not Read the Labels?

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Noussair, C.
Robin, S.
Ruffieux, B.

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This paper uses experimental econoic methods to present evidence that the absence of a negative effect on demand in reaction to products containing GMO's is in large measure due to the fact that customers do not notice the labelling.

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Paper provided by Purdue University, Department of Economics in its series Purdue University Economics Working Papers with number 1142.

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Date of creation: Feb 2001
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Keywords: FOOD INDUSTRY CONSUMPTION

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D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory

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  1. Stéphane Robin & Anne Rozan & Bernard Ruffieux, 2007. "Mesurer les préférences du consommateur pour orienter les décisions des pouvoirs publics : l’apport de la méthode expérimentale," Working Papers 0723, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique (GATE), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Université Lyon 2, Ecole Normale Supérieure. [Downloadable!]
  2. Iulie Aslaksen, Bent Natvig and Inger Nordal, 2004. "Environmental risk and the precautionary principle. “Late lessons from early warnings” applied to genetically modified plants," Discussion Papers 398, Research Department of Statistics Norway. [Downloadable!]
  3. Huffman, Wallace & Rousu, Matthew & Shogren, Jason F. & Tegene, Abebayehu, 2002. "Should the United States Regulate Mandatory Labeling for Genetically Modified Foods?," Staff General Research Papers 10047, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Stéphane Robin & Anne Rozan & Bernard Ruffieux, 2007. "Mesurer les préférences du consommateur pour orienter les décisions des pouvoirs publics : l’apport de la méthode expérimentale," Post-Print hal-00196310_v1, HAL. [Downloadable!]
  5. Shigeru Matsumoto, 2004. "Consumers' Responses to Front vs. Back Package GM Labels in Japan," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 2(1), pages 1050-1050. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Iulie Aslaksen and Anne Ingeborg Myhr, 2006. "“The worth of a wildflower” Precautionary perspectives on the environmental risk of GMOs," Discussion Papers 476, Research Department of Statistics Norway. [Downloadable!]
  7. Dannenberg, Astrid & Scatasta, Sara & Sturm, Bodo, 2008. "Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-029, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
  8. Rousu, Matthew & Huffman, Wallace & Shogren, Jason F. & Tegene, Abebayehu, 2002. "Are U.S. Consumers Tolerant of GM Foods?," Staff General Research Papers 10050, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  9. GianCarlo Moschini & Harun Bulut & Luigi Cembalo, 2005. "On the Segregation of Genetically Modified, Conventional, and Organic Products in European Agriculture: A Multi-market Equilibrium Analysis," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 05-wp411, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University. [Downloadable!]
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